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Newfound ‘Reality Signal’ Helps the Brain Tell Imagination from Real Life
How the Brain Tells Imagination from Reality Seeing and imagining use similar brain machinery. New research reveals the brain circuit that identifies what is real, which may help scientists understand conditions such as schizophrenia By Simon Makin edited by Allison Parshall Picture an apple, any apple. As long as you don’t have aphantasia—the inability to…
Guyana’s president claims victory in election held amid newfound oil riches
Irfaan Ali will be tasked with turning the profits of Guyana’s 2019 oil boom into prosperity for its citizens Guyana’s president, Irfaan Ali, has proclaimed victory in this week’s general and regional elections after his party won more than 240,000 votes and seven of the country’s ten electoral districts. “The results are all out there,…