Scientists have uncovered a dedicated brain circuit that distinguishes between direct fear and fear learned by observing ...

A person's level of political engagement can be informed by myriad factors, from education to environment. Now, a new ...

Secondary psychosis caused by a lesion was mapped to the hippocampus, with a peak in the posterior subiculum and was consistent across symptoms.

Co-senior author Isaiah Kletenik, a neurologist in the Center for Brain Circuit Therapeutics at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, said reduced activity in the right frontal pole could align with the ...

Creative tasks have been found to map to a brain circuit on the right frontal pole, according to research in the US. And that injury and neurological disease have the potential to unleash creativity.

A previously overlooked dopamine-producing brain circuit drives hedonic eating, or eating for pleasure, according to a new study in mice. The findings ...

Motion sickness is a very common condition that affects about 1 in 3 people, but the brain circuits involved are largely unknown. In the current study published in Nature Metabolism, researchers ...

Researchers describe a new brain circuit involved in motion sickness that also contributes to regulating body temperature and metabolic balance. The findings may provide unconventional strategies ...