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 ...

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

A new study published in Translational Psychiatry provides evidence that chronic heroin addiction impairs the neural networks ...

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

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

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

There are a lot of misconceptions out there about creativity. For instance, there is this idea that you must be a bit mad to be creative. Yes, the research suggests that creative people are able to ...

The human brain contains nearly 86 billion neurons, constantly exchanging messages like an immense social media network, but neurons do not work alone – glial cells, neurotransmitters, receptors, and ...

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