When I started my PhD just over 20 years ago, my first brain-scanning experiment involved a simple short-term memory task:

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Most of us have experienced moments of exquisite pleasure when fitting that last piece into a jigsaw puzzle, or writing that last number in...

The spinal cord is the information highway of the human body. It forms a white, soft rod that is roughly half a meter in length and...