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

A new study has identified specific brain networks that regulate the intensity of political engagement, regardless of ...

Depression that resists traditional treatments may have a surprising new contender: laughing gas. Researchers have discovered ...

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

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

Creative tasks have been found to map to a brain circuit on the right frontal pole, according to research in the US. And that ...

A team at the University of Michigan has built a tiny new computer that acts like a brain and uses extremely little ...

Eating junk food gives us a dopamine-fueled rush — but paradoxically, people with obesity may get less pleasure from it. A new study uncovers that long-term high-fat diets reduce a brain chemical ...

Super-Turing AI operates more like the human brain and with much less energy. This new AI integrates certain processes ...

Nearly 16 million American adults have been diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), but evidence ...

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.