A new study published in Brain suggests that specific brain circuits are linked to how intensely people engage in political ...

A near-death experience strengthened Mike Matheny’s faith. It also reminded him to inspire others. Matheny, who spent 13 years as a Major League Baseball player with four teams before managing both ...

A new study reveals that dopamine release along a specific brain circuit helps extinguish fear by activating reward-related ...

Mechanism involving neurons that stimulate fear, and ones that suppress it, could help to explain conditions such as post-traumatic stress disorder.

As to why so many different conditions cause similar symptoms, it might be because brain fog can point to deficits in many areas of cognition, including attention, concentration, or ability to ...

A new study maps what healthy aging looks like in a unique brain region that’s often affected early by neurodegenerative ...

Dopamine helps us learn to avoid bad outcomes by reinforcing behaviors that lead to better choices and discouraging those ...

The brain's struggle with multitasking leads to cognitive fatigue and errors. Monotasking techniques can improve focus and ...

More than 5,000 students from 260 high schools throughout the state competed Tuesday in the 39th annual Indiana Academic Super Bowl, conducted at high schools statewide.

Thinking of or listening to another song can help us get rid of the one stuck in our head, Jakubowski said. “It’s super hard ...

The loss of federal funding could lead to a brain drain of health providers who also conduct research, the Democrat  said.

Parkinson’s Disease is a neurodegenerative disorder that affected predominately the Dopamine-producing neurons in a specific ...