Consciousness is at the center of human existence, the ability to see, hear, dream, imagine, feel pain or pleasure, dread, ...

Neuroscientists publish the results of a study that was designed to determine which theory of human consciousness came ...

In brain studies of forgiveness, researchers find that forgiving activates structures and pathways in the brain that improve ...

As humans and other animals navigate their surroundings and experience different things, their brain creates so-called ...

Many brain functions, particularly the senses, are similar across different mammal species.

Music actively rewires neural pathways and triggers emotional responses more effectively than meditation, offering easier ...

An experiment seven years in the making has uncovered new insights into the nature of consciousness and challenges two ...

New research shows that damage to specific regions of the medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC) increases both impulsivity and ...

Direct brain recordings reveal that the thalamus, especially its intralaminar and medial nuclei, actively shapes conscious ...

Starting in the 1970s, researchers identified a beautiful system of specialised cells in the hippocampus (the brain’s memory ...

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