Tuesday 31 March 2009

Mind tricks: Six ways to explore your brain


How does your brain work? Brain imaging, transcranial magnetic stimulation, and similar advanced techniques have given neuroscientists huge insights into this question. Yet studying the brain doesn't have to be such a high-tech enterprise. Simple experiments can still probe the inner workings of the brain, and many of these are easy to set up at home or are available on the internet.

Try them on yourself and you will experience first-hand some of its strangest, most amazing workings - facets of brain function that scientists are only just starting to understand. You'll see aspects of perception, memory, attention, body image, the unconscious mind - and the curious consequences of your brain being split in two.

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