The visceral substrate of selfhood is not an add-on to cognitive self-awareness; in many frameworks, it is its foundation. Neuroimaging shows the anterior insula co-activating with the medial ...

A new study of neural oscillations during varying stages of consciousness shows that anesthesia doesn’t just knock us out—it ...

During the Covid pandemic in mid-2021, when people had been social distancing for more than a year and most university classes were being conducted over Zoom, Jeremy Bailensen decided to hold his ...

Babies with congenital heart disease have altered brain activity in regions involved in movement and emotions, but heart surgery restored these brain networks to healthy connectivity.

It is well established in psychology that humans conceptualize emotions by features known as valence (the degree of pleasantness or unpleasantness ...

Summary: We’ve long known that the brain uses “GPS-like” circuits to navigate physical space, but a new study suggests it does the same for our feelings. Researchers discovered that the hippocampus ...

This useful study supplements previous publications of willed attention by addressing a frontoparietal network that supports internal goal generation. The evidence is solid in analyzing two datasets ...

Age is more than just one number. While neuroscientists used to think of cognitive aging as a single trendline, they now realize that vast individual differences require a more predictive and ...

The crackle of electricity inside your brain has long been too complex to decode. Artificial intelligence is changing that.

Many people struggle to exercise consistently. The reasons are often mental, not physical. The brain can sometimes perceive strenuous activities as a threat to be avoided.