Genetic differences contribute to both an increased risk of certain types of chronic pain and a reduction in the size of specific brain regions.
Study reveals how the brain relies on feedback from the body to regulate fear response. When a mouse's body freezes in response to fear, its heart rate slows, and this leads to attenuated insular cortex activity.
Older adults who experienced financial exploitation showed differences in brain activity in areas associated with social judgment and decision making. Additionally, those who are exploited financially tend to be physically frailer than their peers, with particular deficits in vision and hearing.
Parts of the prefrontal cortex and posterior parietal lobe, in addition to the somatosensory cortex, play critical roles in touch perception.
Sleep deprivation causes the olfactory system to go into overdrive, sharpening food odors, and breaking down communication within other brain areas that receive food signals.
Summary: Social affective behaviors are linked to changes in insular cortex excitability caused by oxytocin, researchers report. Source: Boston College....
A new study reports believing a cigarette contains nicotine satisfied a smoker's cravings.
Researchers discover structural and functional differences in the insula between men and women.
A new study reports brain areas associated with moral and social disgust are triggered in people when they believe healthcare funding is split unequally.
