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NYTIMES (Billy Brennan) - The Strange Phenomenon of ‘Terminal Lucidity’ Tue Jul 14 09:55:29 2026

As they near death, some dementia patients recover mental faculties assumed to be long lost. Researchers want to know why.

NYTIMES (K. R. Callaway) - How Does One Brain Speak Two Languages? Tue Jun 16 00:25:35 2026

A new study of bilingual speakers suggests that a single “grammatical engine” in the brain can power multiple languages at once.

NYTIMES (Ellen Barry and Graham Dickie) - What My Father’s Experience Taught Me About Memory and the Brain Thu May 7 16:05:05 2026

In the final stages of his dementia, a long-lost memory from childhood returned, perfectly formed. What was going on in his brain?

NPR (Jon Hamilton) - In the brain, objects seen and imagined follow the same neural path Tue Apr 14 10:10:02 2026

New evidence finds that sight and imagination rely on the same neurons and use the same neural code.

NYTIMES (Adam B. Kushner) - What Do Vegetative Patients Know? Sun Apr 12 11:57:43 2026

They may have more awareness than we thought.

NYTIMES (Andrew Jacobs) - How Psychedelics Affect the Brain Wed Apr 8 00:36:45 2026

An analysis of hundreds of images from several studies shows how hallucinogenic drugs drive activity in various regions of the brain.

NPR (Jon Hamilton) - This complex brain network may explain many of Parkinson's stranger symptoms Tue Feb 10 11:20:42 2026

Parkinson's disease appears to disrupt a brain network involved in everything from movement to memory.

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