The sharp, resinous smell of pine does more than signal the holidays. It taps directly into the brain’s emotional wiring, ...

Taylor Swift began her much-awaited The Eras Tour in the US on March 17. Since then, fans have been sharing clips on Twitter and her name as well as Eras Tour has been trending on the microblogging ...

Children and adolescents with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) appear to show early and stable disruptions in a key brain system involved in emotional and cognitive processing, ...

The response of mammals to external or internal challenge involves engagement of multiple physiological systems, prominently including the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenocortical (HPA) axis and the ...

I recommend to all readers a small, poetic and profound book about the neuroscience of attachment called A General Theory of Love (2001). It had a powerful impact on me. It explains a paradox about ...

To understand our brains, there is no insight more fundamental than this: The mind is modular (LeDoux, 2003). This means the brain is not one single, unitary entity but an amalgamation of different ...

Primitive consciousness emerges first as you awaken from anesthesia. Awakening from anesthesia is often associated with an initial phase of delirious struggle before the full restoration of awareness ...

Neuroscience reveals our brain as three distinct systems: reptilian, limbic, and neocortex, each influencing decisions. The reptilian brain governs instincts, the limbic system manages emotions, and ...