A new study published in Developmental Science has found that preschool children’s brain activity differs when they are read ...

Serotonin neurons in the brainstem are not independent, as once thought, but interact to influence decision-making.

New USC research offers an unseen insight into how the brain shifts gears. The researchers have discovered that our innate ...

“Rather than actively shaping experience, the thalamus (if it is considered at all) has typically been relegated to a role in ...

A new study sheds new light on these big questions, illuminating a general principle of neural processing in a mysterious region of the midbrain that is the very origin of our central serotonin (5-HT) ...

Feeling emotionally drained, reactive, or overwhelmed? These 12 science-backed micro-habits (from breathwork to ...

Neurons—the nerve cells responsible for transmitting electrical and chemical signals throughout the body—are organized in tissue, tending to cluster together in groups according to how they function.

People who have damage to a specific part of their brains are more likely to be impulsive, and new research has found that damage also makes them more likely to be influenced by other people.

New research shows that switching between actions is not simply stopping and starting again, but a unique brain mechanism that suppresses the previous action to initiate a new one.

A recent study from the University of Sydney has found that impaired brain function can be triggered by high-fat, high-sugar (HFHS) diets. HFHS diets particularly impact the hippocampus – a small, ...