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

Scientists tested two major theories about consciousness. They found the back of the brain handles fine visual details.

GNWT, championed by French cognitive neuroscientist Stanislas Dehaene, argues that consciousness emerges when information ...

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

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

Most scientists agree that categorizing an object—like thinking of a carrot as either a root vegetable or a party snack—is ...

The gray matter reductions in the prefrontal cortex correlated with higher scores ... beliefs are not solely determined by brain anatomy. Instead, the structural differences may reflect long ...

the response weakens activity of the brain’s decision-making center in the prefrontal cortex. Overcoming addiction usually entails not just stopping use of a substance but also discovering or ...

The team also used a combination of mathematical modelling and existing brain scans to map the size and location of lesions in the medial prefrontal cortex. The results suggest that specific ...

People who have damage to a specific part of their brains are more likely to be impulsive, and new research has found that damage also makes them more likely to be influenced by other people.