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Mo Costandi
Moheb Costandi is a freelance science writer based in London. His work has been published in Nature, Science, Scientific American, The Guardian, and New Scientist, among other publications. His latest book is Body Am I: The New Science of Self-Consciousness (MIT Press, October 2022). He also authors the blog Neurophilosophy. Follow him on Twitter @mocost.
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New research shows that the transition from general to specific memories involves the maturation of inhibitory neurons in the hippocampus.
Brain activity may be more like "ripples in a pond" rather than signals sent on a telecommunications network.
A new study from Finland suggests that we all process the behavior of others using the same neural networks.
The dying brain experiences a surge of electrical activity. Could this help explain the mysterious phenomena of near-death experiences?
The hallucinations that characterize schizophrenia may be due to a "reality threshold" that is lower than it should be.
A recent study highlights the astounding adaptability of the human brain.
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