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

We don’t always understand our emotions, but we couldn’t lead normal lives without them. They steer us through life, guiding the decisions we make and the actions we take. But if they’re inappropriate ...

Musical chills are pleasurable shivers or goosebump sensations that people feel when they resonate with the music they're ...

A team of scientists has identified areas of the brain that are activated when a person becomes aware of themself and their thoughts. This enigmatic process appears to be controlled by the thalamus, a ...

One of the most remarkable discoveries of modern neuroscience is that the adult brain is capable of producing new neurons in various mammalian species, including humans. For more than 30 years, ...

The process of “epigenetic memory” in nerve cells plays a key role in learning ability, memory function, and healthy brain development. Prof. Tomohisa Toda at the Max-Planck-Zentrum für Physik und ...

But researchers were concerned about whether this procedure might have other, less desirable effects. What happens when the right and left sides of the cerebral cortex—responsible for an enormous ...