Researchers from the Institute of Automation at the Chinese Academy of Sciences have revealed the intrinsic relationship ...

A newly identified part of a brain circuit mixes sensory information, memories, and emotions to tell whether things are familiar or new—and important or just "background noise." ...

Researchers analyzed data from 857 patients across 36 fMRI brain imaging studies and mapped a common brain circuit for creativity.

Little is known about the associated brain activation during these sleep rhythms, and even less about their functional implications. In this study, we investigated the brain-wide activation underlying ...

When it comes to tau tangles, cortical deposits receive the lion’s share of scientists’ attention, but it is the tiny subcortical regions where tangles originate that might set the course for ...

New research explores the many ways our sensory experiences overlaps, teaching us new ways the brain perceives ...

The human brain is a powerful pattern-recognition machine, constantly analyzing details, detecting anomalies, and making split-second decisions. According to neuroscience studies, the prefrontal ...

Our study investigated the brain circuits involved in psychosis-a condition characterized by delusions, hallucinations, ...

"They just need to change their mindset,” some leaders say. Mindset is powerful and malleable. But we can have greater impact ...

Three studies at the University of Zurich demonstrate that hypnosis alters activity in the large-scale functional networks of ...

The default mode network (DMN) is a set of interconnected brain regions known to be most active when humans are awake but not ...

Andrew Pines, MD, MA, a resident in the Department of Psychiatry at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and a researcher in the ...