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LONDON, England (CNN) -- The mysteries of the human mind have tantalized and frustrated philosophers, poets and -- more recently - psychologists for centuries, yet new breakthroughs in neuroscience could mean the brain is finally starting to give up its secrets. (Full story)

Will neuroscience ever explain "consciousness"?

As a student of psychology I see with great curiosity the advances in neurosciences, and how their combination with cognitive/computer science can cause great advances in human development. But like with all technologies, it depends on their uses or misuses. Let's all be alert to the depelopments.
Joao Goncalves, Portugal

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