According to researchers, stories that force us to think about our deepest moral values activate a brain region once thought to be on autopilot.
Researchers document neural changes associated with hypnosis.
Researchers turn to neuroscience to help explain why some people are more creative than others.
Study provides evidence of genetic underpinning for neural synchrony.
Researchers report our visual attention pays most attention to parts of a scene that have meaning to us, not the parts that stick out.
Microscopic alterations in white matter may affect how patients with neurological conditions respond to non-invasive electrical brain stimulation.
Harsh noises, such as alarm bells and sirens, hold the brain's attention by stimulating its aversion networks.
A new study reports the locus coerleus, a brain network that controls our ability to focus while under stress, appears to weaken as we age. This may explain why we find it more difficult to focus as we get older.
A new study looks at why pain enhances some people's ability to perform well.
A new study reports chronic video game playing is associated with hyperconnectivity between a number of brain networks, and reveals why these brain changes could be both beneficial and harmful.
