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Health

Can’t quiet your mind? Watching your brain might help you meditate.

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by Katya Poltorak
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Lifestyle

Feel like your brain is a little sluggish? Try 10 minutes of exercise

by Noah Lloyd
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Science & Technology

Music can improve focus for people with ADHD. Here’s what to listen for

by Schuyler Velasco
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Science & Technology

Is all learning ‘incidental’? Northeastern professor says that we ‘trick’ our brains into learning

by Noah Lloyd
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Science & Technology

Can video games help personalize cognitive care for vulnerable groups?

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by Peter Rubinstein
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Science & Technology

Network science research expands to four cities on two continents across Northeastern’s global network

by Cody Mello-Klein
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Health

Moderna and Merck show personalized cancer vaccines can work.

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by Katya Poltorak
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University News

Precise maps of the brain’s deepest corners are made possible through tools developed by these Northeastern researchers

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by Kate Rix
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Health

What Kate Middleton’s feat says about how we respond to diagnoses

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by Hannah Morse
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Health

What is adult ADHD? Symptoms, diagnosis and effective treatments, according to a Northeastern expert

by Cynthia McCormick Hibbert
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Health

Squirrel! Why attention spans seem to be shrinking and what we can do about it

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by Cyrus Moulton
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Science & Technology

Northeastern research finds infant anesthesia may speed up brain development

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by Cyrus Moulton