Focused ultrasound targeting the amygdala safely reduced emotional brain reactivity and improved symptoms of depression, anxiety, and trauma disorders, suggesting it may be a promising new treatment ...

Smells trigger powerful emotional responses through specialized brain cells. These insights may improve sensory health. You wouldn’t microwave fish around your worst enemy. The smell lingers in both ...

The cerebrum, especially the cerebral cortex, has long been thought to be the important part of our brain. However, the ...

Amygdala brain part location with medical human head anatomy outline diagram. Labeled educational scheme with body physiology for memory, decision making and emotional response vector illustration.

Our brain makes decisions based on direct associations between stimuli in our environment, but it often also does so based on ...

Deleting a gene called PTEN in certain brain cells disrupts the brain’s fear circuitry and triggers anxiety-like behavior in ...

A new study reveals how the brain can make decisions based not only on direct experiences, but also on indirect associations ...

Researchers at the Max Planck Florida Institute for Neuroscience have discovered how loss of a gene strongly associated with ...

The motor cortex matures faster in ADHD, possibly contributing to restlessness. Delays in the maturationof the frontal lobe, ...

Noninvasive brain-computer interfaces (BCIs) are safe, cost-effective, and hold promise for many, but face challenges such as imprecise, unintuitive control.