If the brainstem is survival and the cortex is sophistication, then the limbic system is poetry.

You've probably experienced it—your alarm is set for 6:30 a.m., yet somehow your eyes snap open a few minutes before it goes off. There's no sound, no external cue, just the body somehow knowing it's ...

We all know on a deep gut level what anger feels like. It can be a gradual or a sudden tide of emotion, the sensation of which seems to invade every cell. Our breathing increases, we sweat, our faces ...

Experts explain how scents like coffee, peppermint, orange, chocolate, and lemongrass may boost energy, alertness, focus, and mood naturally.

Inflammation in former football players was tied to limbic white matter damage and worse memory, revealing a potential pathway linking repetitive head impacts to later cognitive decline.

Smarter and faster seems to be the mantra of our digital age. And in our rush to embrace this computational magic, we tend to celebrate its astounding logical capabilities while viewing our own ...

In a recent study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, researchers explore how live and recorded music stimulates the brain, with live music found to induce stronger and ...

At its core, we feel music—and now we are closer than ever to understanding why. One reason music has such an immediate impact on us is due to the way it is processed rapidly in the limbic system, the ...