In a study published in Science today, Mingsha Zhang, a neuroscientist at Beijing Normal University, focused on the thalamus.

The most frequently reported highly positive dreams were joy, lust, calmness, surprise, and playfulness. Dreams with maximal ...

The DAM-Decision and Memory group at Universitat Jaume I in Castelló, led by Raphael Kaplan and composed of researchers from ...

Much like food poisoning, traumatic events are often followed by symptoms after a delay, and yet they still form vivid, persistent memories.

Scientists from Princeton have discovered that the amygdala in the brain is responsible for the long-term avoidance of foods ...

A Northwestern University study identifies brain networks controlling the intensity of political engagement, analyzing Vietnam War veterans with and without brain injuries. Damage to the prefrontal ...

A new study has identified specific brain networks that regulate the intensity of political engagement, regardless of ...

New research shines light on how the brain interprets nutritional and hydration needs and turns them into action ...

While the source of Americans’ stress varies the effects are the same. We become unproductive, unmotivated, and our own worst ...

New insights have emerged into how the human brain develops. Two genes that are unique to humans work together to influence ...

Loneliness has become a global health crisis, linked to depression, dementia, and early death. With over a billion people ...