According to the British Medical Journal, there are at least three levels of brain function: The brain controls movement and deciphers input from our senses, it manages our cognitive and emotional ...

Scientists have developed a new brain-mapping tool called START, which combines transcriptomics and viral tracing to map the ...

New research reveals how the vagus nerve is changed by social stress and how stimulation may help with severe depression.

Scientists have long known that sleep is essential for our health, but the exact ways our brains control sleep are still a ...

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They are not universally expressed and recognized. They are not hardwired brain reactions that are uncontrollable.” — Lisa Feldman Barrett (2017) 1 Lisa Feldman Barrett’s theory of ...

Pei-Ru Keh is a former US Editor at Wallpaper*. Born and raised in Singapore, she has been a New Yorker since 2013. Pei-Ru held various titles at Wallpaper* between 2007 and 2023. She reports on ...

A teenager's brain with prefrontal cortex(ABC News: Lindsay Dunbar) Within the frontal lobe is an area called the prefrontal cortex. A neuron and synapse It's made up of a series connections of ...

Now that you've got extra time during the weekend, why not spend it figuring out the Connections answer for today, 14th September? If you haven't played it before, Connections challenges you to ...

Also, although I love a good Palindrome, my brain does not actively seek them out, so that was lost on me. For shame, I know. Congratulations if you got today's Connections answer right, with or ...