Chronic stress alters brain structure, impairing memory, emotions, and decision-making. It raises mental and physical health risks but can be reversed with lifestyle changes., Health News - Times Now ...

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

A new brain imaging study published in the journal Neuroscience00304-5/fulltext) has found that authoritarian attitudes on both the political left and right are linked to specific structural ...

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

Consciousness is at the center of human existence, the ability to see, hear, dream, imagine, feel pain or pleasure, dread, ...

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

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

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.

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