Putting your weight into opening a door (say, with your shoulder) is easier than using your hands. Sliding heavy cardboard ...

A study reveals that intense exercise, among other activities, distorts the perception of time, making actual seconds feel ...

Psychopaths have markedly different brain structures to the rest of the population, a major study has found—offering fresh ...

There seems to be a lower volume in important parts of the brain related to behavior, emotional regulation, and impulse ...

Strengths: This work is thorough and systematic characterization of a set of relatively understudied circuits. They build on the classic notions of basal ganglia connectivity and suggest a number of ...

This circuit characterization reveals non-canonical basal ganglia pathways for locomotion and valence. Graphical Abstract Introduction The pedunculopontine nucleus (PPN) is a brainstem structure ...

Keywords: Basal ganglia, heterogeneity, anatomical neural circuit, reward, memory Important note: All contributions to this Research Topic must be within the scope of the section and journal to which ...

Basal ganglia articles from across Nature Portfolio The basal ganglia are a set of subcortical structures that interact with the cerebral cortex to regulate motor, cognitive and affective function ...

Fluctuations in nonlinear systems can enhance the synchronization with weak input signals. Chaotic resonance (CR) is one of such phenomena, caused by a system-intrinsic chaotic fluctuation. CR is ...

Eight-year-old Alyssa from London completed the 3.8km Goodwood Motor Circuit in just 31 minutes and 51 seconds, smashing the previous record by 10 minutes.

Judge Grants TRO Against President Trump's Federalizing California National Guard [FURTHER UPDATE: Ninth Circuit Grants Stay] The order is stayed until noon tomorrow (June 13), and I expect the ...