Scientists have been investigating how the brain makes decisions by participating in the storage of associations between ...

When we experience boredom – say, while watching a movie – our brain engages specific networks. The attention network ...

Starting with the question "How does our brain distinguish glucose from the many nutrients absorbed in the gut?" a KAIST research team has demonstrated that the brain can selectively recognize ...

This brain-teasing optical illusion is challenging users to spot a hidden word within seconds, and most are getting it wrong.

Understanding how the human brain represents the information picked up by the senses is a longstanding objective of ...

Mice taught to link smells with tastes, and later fear, revealed how the amygdala teams up with cortical regions to let the ...

A new study reveals how the brain can make decisions based not only on direct experiences, but also on indirect associations ...

The human brain actually lights up with signals known as ultra weak photon emotions (UPEs), which are a byproduct of ...

However, the mechanism behind this connection between the two brain areas is still unclear. One of the limitations of the study was that the researchers used really simple stimuli, which were not ...

When pain strikes from multiple sources-such as a paper cut followed by contact with hot water-the experience can feel ...

Brief, mildly unpleasant stimuli trigger a two-phase brain response in both humans and mice: an initial rapid, widespread signal followed by a slower, persistent activity in emotion-related circuits.