Are there areas of the brain that regulate prosocial, altruistic behavior? Together with colleagues from the universities in ...

Is generosity a question of heart or the amygdala? The basolateral amygdala, nestled in the heart of the limbic system, could well play a decisive role in our social behavior.

Researchers studied individuals with Urbach-Wiethe Disease, identifying the basolateral amygdala as a key brain region regulating generous behavior. This almond-shaped structure helps process emotions ...

A new study reveals how a single food poisoning experience creates long-lasting aversive memories in the brain.

The researchers from Heinrich Heine University, Germany, looked at a unique set of people in South Africa, suffering from an extremely rare condition—Urbach-Wiethe Disease. A few hundred cases of the ...

Scientists from Princeton have discovered that the amygdala in the brain is responsible for the long-term avoidance of foods ...

Cytokines play a crucial role in connecting the immune system with the brain, affecting mood and behavior through ...

Instead of learning through repeated trial and error or experiences, one-shot learning is when a single experience creates a ...

A surprising link between the immune system and brain behavior is emerging, as new research reveals how a single immune ...

Food poisoning doesn’t just affect your stomach—it rewires your brain. Dive into the neuroscience behind how one bad meal can create lasting aversions, trigger anxiety, and even alter your emotional ...

Researchers have gained a new understanding of how the brain processes reward and risk information. Neuroscientists show how nerve cells in the so-called amygdala not only encode the probability and ...

Children's National Hospital and partnering academic centers have found that newborns exposed to opioids in utero exhibited ...