With a simple standard MRI scan of the brain, it may soon be possible to predict which people with mental illnesses will gain ...

When Darwin Quiroz first started working with optics as an undergraduate, he was developing atomic magnetometers. That ...

"It’s the first time we’ve been able to see how more complex, anxiety-related decision-making plays out," a researcher said.

The increased pulsation of arteries in the brain is closely linked to cognitive impairment, and some scientists think it ...

A study by the University of Portsmouth in England has mapped the biological journey of anxiety in the brain when people are faced with a no-win situation.

The researchers suspected the pathway—known as the social perception pathway—might be functional very early in development.

In a world saturated with stories—from ancient myths to TikTok clips—narratives knit together emotion, memory, and meaning. A ...

A brain exercise a day might keep you current—it might even revive your brain chemistry. In a landmark clinical trial led by ...

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Learning new information about the world—like details from a fantasy realm—engages brain regions distinct from those used to ...

Every day, your brain makes thousands of decisions under uncertainty. Most of the time, you guess right. When you don't, you ...

New research shows that the brain’s ability to detect subtle visual changes—like spotting an anomaly on a security ...