The human brain, as the seat of mental life—from the most complicated intellectual processes down to routine and unconscious bodily control—is necessarily enormously complex. The largest part of the ...

The scientific study of both internal mental processes and observable behavior is known as psychology. It explains activities ...

UC Santa Cruz research innovations and academic programs advance brain and mental health.

Laura holds a Master's in Experimental Neuroscience and a Bachelor's in Biology from Imperial College London. Her areas of expertise include health, medicine, psychology, and neuroscience. Laura holds ...

The science behind our brains is, unsurprisingly, complex. There are approximately 86 billion neurons in the human brain, which form 100 trillion connections to each other – a number so big it can be ...

Norman Doidge, citing a study by Merzenich and colleagues, found that the brain allocates neurological resources to its most ...

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A study by the University of Portsmouth in England has mapped the biological journey of anxiety in the brain when people are faced with a no-win situation. Imagine you're stuck between two bad options ...