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

In “Cerebral Entanglements,” Allan J. Hamilton argues that new imaging technologies give us unprecedented access — with ...

A novel placebo-controlled study has found daily caffeine consumption can significantly reduce the volume of gray matter in ...

According to Bottemanne and Joly, brain imaging studies have shown that fathers can experience alterations in gray matter across many different brain regions. Gray matter is the cortical tissue that ...

This also leads us to wonder if it is the “high” of the romance we are after. Often, it is the “high” triggered by the ...

The cerebral cortex is the largest part of a mammal's brain, and by some measures the most important. In humans in particular, it's where most things happen-like perception, thinking, memory storage ...

Why do our mental images stay sharp even when we are moving fast? A team of neuroscientists led by Professor Maximilian Jösch at the Institute of Science and Technology Austria (ISTA) has identified a ...

Why do our mental images stay sharp even when we are moving fast? A team of neuroscientists has identified a mechanism that corrects visual distortions caused by movement in animals. The study, ...

Why do our mental images stay sharp even when we are moving fast? A team of neuroscientists led by Professor Maximilian Jösch ...

Scientists discover a brain pathway that helps suppress fear, offering new hope for anxiety and PTSD treatment.

The GABA (γ-aminobutyric acid)-ergic interneurons of the cerebral cortex are a diverse population of cells. Their diversity is manifested in every aspect of their phenotype, as evidenced by their ...

Fear is very useful for survival – but so is being able to control it. It’s wise to be scared of the unfamiliar, especially ...