Chronic stress alters brain structure, impairing memory, emotions, and decision-making. It raises mental and physical health ...

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

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 ...

Xiaowei Gu and Joshua Johansen at the RIKEN Center for Brain Science in Japan have discovered key circuitry in the rat brain ...

Researchers identified two brain networks involved in word retrieval -- the cognitive process of accessing words we need to speak. A semantic network processes meaning in middle/inferior frontal gyri, ...

Research reveals how the brain divides visual input between hemispheres, then seamlessly reconnects it to create a unified, ...