Pain isn't just a physical sensation—it also carries emotional weight. That distress, anguish, and anxiety can turn a ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

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

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

A study of 20,000 anxiety disorder patients shows how negativity bias affects brain structure, cognitive function and mental health, supporting the view that mental illness is brain illness.

To see whether a patient's brain region “lights up” with activity when paying conscious attention to something, it's necessary for that patient to be aware of stimuli—that is, be conscious ...