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Rats show signs of imagination in groundbreaking study using virtual reality and brain-machine interface.

Using virtual reality and brain-machine interfaces, a new study reveals that rats, too, have a vivid imagination.

Scientists say that like humans the rodents can navigate through a space using only their thoughts

And there could be a children's book in the wings.

Rats immersed in a VR world played games that could be won only by using imaginative route planning, scientists report.

Just 2% of people say they’re doing all they can to optimise their brain health

If a man is not a socialist by the time he is 20, he has no heart. If he is not a conservative by the time he is 40, he has no brain.

After fainting at school, Ellie Riccio's slurred speech leads to devastating diagnosis

The brain health of over 50s deteriorated more rapidly during the pandemic - even if they didn’t catch Covid

Research suggests the effect of missing a night’s sleep can be like a potent antidepressant that keeps the mood going for several days.

Nothing calls to mind nonsensical treatments and bizarre religious healing rituals as easily as the notion of Dark Age medicine. “The Saturday Night Live” sketch Medieval Barber Theodoric of York says it all with its portrayal of a quack doctor who insists on extracting pints of his patients’ blood in…