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Nine-year-old lad in fact had brain infection caused by Strep A - and mother's insistence on scan saved him

The Parent Team offers advice on what is happening in the teenage brain and how to keep the lines of communication open

'For a long time, only vertebrates were known to cycle between two different sleep stages'

Optical illusions are typically mind-bending, shape-shifting representations of an object, a sketch, or a person that trouble the brain's perception of reality. There are many different types of optical illusions, including cognitive, physiological, and physical ones. According to research, a typical human brain can see objects or images differently depending…

A new study finds that the boost you get from a morning coffee can’t be replicated with plain caffeine alone.

Researchers glimpsed REM-like reverie in one of the ocean's most brilliant creatures and saw human-like patterns

Researchers suggest their findings pose the question of whether octopuses are capable of dreaming.

Malachi Tyler was blinded as a toddler by an inoperable brain tumour but has defied the odds to survive longer than his family could have imagined - and he now has his own podcast series interviewing the stars

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