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Sometimes dubbed the 'pleasure chemical', dopamine is often wildly misunderstood. Nikolay Kukushkin delves into what the much ...

Education technology—including school districts’ 1-to-1 computing initiatives—impedes students’ ability to learn and offers a ...

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In the first study of its kind, neuroscientists have shown the real-world benefits that sunlight gives the brain, beyond ...

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PARACETAMOL during pregnancy does not raise the baby’s risk of autism, ADHD or learning disabilities, a gold standard study ...