For more than a century, maps of the brain have been based on how brain tissue looks under the microscope. These anatomical ...

Brain development does not end at 25 but continues into the early 30s as neural networks become more efficient and ...

A new doctoral dissertation shows that gambling disorder is linked to brain networks involved in self-control and brain reward functions. By combining several brain imaging methods, the research ...

Although researchers can monitor brain activity associated with perception, pain, and awareness, it remains unclear which ...

Facial expression control starts in a very old part of the nervous system. In the brain stem sits the facial nucleus, which ...

A. Self-action (left) and other’s action (right) during the role-reversal task. B. Schematic illustration of responses of a neuron with its spatial representations of self-action and other’s action ...

We’re so hungry, we’ve started seeing food everywhere we look… though we’re not the only ones!

When a baby smiles at you, it's almost impossible not to smile back. This spontaneous reaction to a facial expression is part of the back-and-forth that allows us to understand each other's emotions ...

Scientists discovered a brain circuit that allows us to regulate voluntary breathing, which connects the brain's emotional and behavioral cortical area to its automatic breathing brainstem area. The ...

A Korean research team has identified distinct differences in brain networks among people with depression who have attempted ...