A team of researchers from Spain was curious to know if people with high psychopathic traits have anomalies in the brain's ...

Humans and other animals gradually learn what sounds or other sensory cues in their surroundings are meaningful or ...

Obtaining prefrontal cortex biopsies during deep brain stimulation (DBS) surgery in living patients does not increase the risk of adverse events or cognitive decline compared to standard DBS ...

For more than a century, maps of the brain have been based on how brain tissue looks under the microscope. These anatomical maps divide the brain into regions according to structural variations in the ...

(Science Photo Library/Canva) Exercise works wonders throughout the human body, including the brain. Research suggests an ...

Drug addiction carries an extremely high risk of relapse, as cravings can be reignited by minor stimuli even long after one has stopped using. Previously, this phenomenon was attributed to a decline ...

Researchers identify a brain pathway in humans that enables rapid, unconscious fear responses to scary sounds, similar to visual fear shortcuts.

A chronological map of the fetal brain reveals when key cells emerge and provides clues about autism and cancer.

The stress hormone cortisol disrupts the brain's grid cells, blurring the internal GPS system and impairing navigation.

A new study found that deep sleep weakens breathing brain timing in movement circuits and changes internal brain ...