Unravelling how neural circuits generate complex behaviours remains one of the most compelling challenges in neuroscience. This endeavor requires tools that ...

Summary: New research shows that people tend to prefer simple explanations even when complex ones are more accurate. The study found that individuals focus mainly on visible or known causes while ...

Fear begins deep in the brain. The amygdala, buried within the temporal lobe, acts as an alarm system, detecting threats and ...

Studies have found that the density of tobacco retailers in a neighborhood is associated with smoking, the leading cause of ...

What if I could scan your friend’s brain while they watched an advertisement, and use that data to predict with startling ...

Social hierarchies are everywhere—think of high school dramas, where the athletes are portrayed as most popular, or large ...

Artificial intelligence is reshaping many fields, and its impact on healthcare grows by the day. Computational neuroscience, using mathematical and ...

The finding comes from data of more than 550,000 adults ages 56 to 72, as well as genetics information from 2.4 million study ...

Despite the potential impact of acetaminophen's effect on people's risk perception, the drug nonetheless remains one of the ...

When we are engaged in a task, our brain's auditory system changes how it works. One of the main auditory centers of the brain, the auditory cortex, is filled with neural activity that is not ...

Every desire, fear, and act of love is the cosmos thinking through our minds. The ARCH model exposes the brain's hidden architecture—evolution's grand design for behavior.