While the body is under anaesthesia, the brain is not fully inactive; it continues processing language even when unconscious, ...

Researchers identify the anterior cingulate cortex as a "dial" for autonomic arousal, offering new insights into Parkinson's ...

New USC research offers an unseen insight into how the brain shifts gears. The researchers discovered that our innate ability to make quick changes in motor function are the result of a unique brain ...

Deep within the brain, scientists have uncovered a hidden “switch” that may decide whether pain fades away—or lingers for months or even years. Researchers found that a small, little-known region ...

The human brain is constantly managing streams of information that move at very different speeds. Some signals require ...

The left figure illustrates the hypothalamus, a region responsible for encoding the switch between survival-related behaviors, along with its connected regions during the switching process. The right ...

Brain preserved in formaldehyde. — Gaetan Lee (CC BY 2.0) Brain preserved in formaldehyde. — Gaetan Lee (CC BY 2.0) Scientists have discovered a brain “pain switch” that prioritises survival needs ...

For the roughly 50 million Americans who live with chronic pain, the question has always been maddening: the injury healed ...

When you think you’re multitasking—responding to emails while listening to a conference call while monitoring chat messages—your brain is actually rapidly switching between tasks rather than ...