Over the course of their lives, animals form associations between sensory stimuli and predicted threats or rewards. These ...

The brain creates the mind through flexible networks. While science maps this connection, significant questions remain, ...

New research reveals that the brain region often linked to understanding others, the dorsal medial prefrontal cortex (DMPFC), is activated more by uncertainty than by social reasoning alone.

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The world recently took two big leaps forward in the quest for remote eye contact. The first such advance comes from HP and ...

Whether stemming from early childhood adversity, combat exposure, or interpersonal abuse, trauma leaves long-term imprints on ...

New research reveals that the developmental timing of fluoxetine (Prozac) treatment profoundly influences long-term mood and brain function.

Medial prefrontal cortex activation patterns shift significantly with extended mindfulness. This region, central to self-related processing, shows decreased activity during self-referential tasks ...