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

Stress influences what we learn and remember. The hormone cortisol, which is released during stressful situations, can make emotional memories in particular stronger. But how exactly does cortisol ...

Faces are so important to social communication that we’ve evolved specialized brain cells just to recognize them, a new study ...

Depression affects millions of people worldwide, but much is still unknown about this illness and treatments don't always work. Ph.D. candidate Jesper Pilmeyer examined patients' brains using MRI ...

What happens inside your brain when you hear a steady rhythm or musical tone? According to a new study from Aarhus University and the University of Oxford, your brain doesn't just hear it-it ...

A nanomaterial based on a platform developed by Professor Samuel Stupp crosses the blood-brain barrier and targets harmful ...

The field of epilepsy research has rapidly evolved with an appreciation that seizures arise from dysfunctions in distributed ...

For decades, treating major depression has involved a frustrating cycle of trial and error, with patients cycling through ...

Babies in financially stressed households show slower brain development, highlighting the importance of income stability ...