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The Neuroscience of Thrills: Why Do We Like Horror Movies?

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New Brain Network Connecting Mind and Body Discovered

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Researchers Report Decoding Thoughts from fMRI Data

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Same Parts of the Brain Control Processing of Dozens of Languages

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