New research suggests the brain may stay active moments after the heart stops, triggering life recall and calm sensations ...

As emotions rise and fall in everyday life, your brain keeps up, constantly adjusting. These transitions between feelings—like joy, sadness, or fear—aren’t just random reactions. They’re part of a ...

On Monday, Jan. 12, findings published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) revealed that ...

A new study showcases how brain waves known as alpha oscillations help us distinguish between ourselves and the outside world ...

New research has discovered that a neural circuit may explain procrastination. Scientists were able to disrupt this connection using a drug.

Your behavior today could affect your brain activity in two weeks' time, new research suggests. These findings have significant implications for our mental health as well as our attention, cognition ...

The next time you reach for a memory or make a quick choice, a storm of tiny signals races through your brain. Scientists can ...

Facial expression control starts in a very old part of the nervous system. In the brain stem sits the facial nucleus, which ...

Anxiety is a mental health condition millions of people around the world experience every day but not something that can necessarily be “seen”—until now. In a first-of-its-kind study, scientists at ...

Spending time in the weightless environment of microgravity can have some dramatic effects on the human body, but scientists ...

The maternal microbiome and immune system have both independent and synergistic effects on fetal brain health - changes in ...