The limbic system helps regulate emotional and social processing, as well as learning, motivation, and memory. It consists of structures that lie beneath the outer, wrinkly part of the brain and above ...

Your brain isn't a single decision-making machine, but it's a dynamic battleground. Neuroscience reveals that what we often call “the brain” is actually three distinct systems that evolved over ...

You've probably experienced it—your alarm is set for 6:30 a.m., yet somehow your eyes snap open a few minutes before it goes off. There's no sound, no external cue, just the body somehow knowing it's ...

Researchers have established new criteria for a memory-loss syndrome in older adults that specifically impacts the brain's limbic system. It can often be mistaken for Alzheimer's disease. Researchers ...

Around 70% of women who suffer a sexual assault develop PTSD; now scientists have shown that many of these women show a marked reduction in the usual communication between two important brain areas ...

This video lets you peek inside the human brain, highlighting the neuronal fibers that enable communication across the brain. This communication is vital to all brain functions, including learning, ...

Activating specific neurons in a part of the brain that serves as the body's master circadian pacemaker caused mice to eat significantly more during a time of day when they would normally be at rest, ...