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Why everyone needs to stop joking that they're "a little bit OCD"

Far from being a behavioural quirk, obsessive-compulsive disorder is a debilitating condition with complex causes that we're just beginning to understand. We should treat it as such, and stop with the misguided quips

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Why everyone needs to stop joking that they're

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A fresh understanding of OCD is opening routes to new treatments

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A fresh understanding of OCD is opening routes to new treatments

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The universe is built a lot like a giant brain – so is it conscious?

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Tiny brain sensor implanted without surgery dissolves after weeks

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Having more children protects parents’ brains from age-related decline

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Rat neuron injection lets mice that can’t smell sniff out cookies

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Songs that birds 'sing' in their dreams translated into sound

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AI can tell where a mouse is by reading its brain activity

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The hidden evolutionary advantages of the teenage brain

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The hidden evolutionary advantages of the teenage brain

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AI can tell a person's sex from brain scans with 90 per cent accuracy

The extent to which men's and women's brains differ has been a contentious debate. Now an AI can distinguish between male and female brain scans with around 90 per cent accuracy

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Consciousness traced to specific clusters of nerve cells in the brain

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Cracking consciousness will never be easy but we are making strides

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Is it ethical to use complex mini-brains for artificial intelligence?

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Is it ethical to use complex mini-brains for artificial intelligence?

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How talking to your future self can improve your health and happiness

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How talking to your future self can improve your health and happiness

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