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 ...

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

Neurodegenerative disease profoundly affects structures and pathways responsible for memory, cognition, and higher-order ...

As we work on overcoming what scares us, a new plasticity becomes available in our brain, and fear strikes out.

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.

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 ...