A traditionally overlooked type of RNA plays an important role in promoting resilience to depression-but only in females.

A new study published in Neuropsychopharmacology sheds light on how heroin exposure alters brain function related to social interaction and drug craving. Researchers found that a specific group of ...

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.

The prefrontal cortex is a cortical area located in the anterior frontal lobe, including several subdivisions (e.g. ventromedial, dorsolateral, orbitofrontal cortices). The prefrontal cortex ...

Nessa Yip explains the progress made by neuroscience towards answering a question at the centre of the human experience ...

Your brain replays awkward moments not to punish you, but to protect you—it's just doing what evolution trained it to do.

When someone saw real projected lines, activity in the fusiform gyrus was stronger than when they knew they were simply ...

Contemporary research has brought psychosis out of the dark, transforming our relationship to it from one of fear and ...

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