So many of life's most pivotal decisions come down to one question: Should you listen to your logic or your emotions? Popular culture often frames this tension as a struggle between two minds—a "more ...

Your brain is not one integrated system. Conscious thoughts, the words that go through your head, occur primarily in your cortex, which is the outer six layers of brain cells. It also processes the ...

A new study challenges the familiar idea that the brain evolved by stacking rational systems on top of primitive emotional ...

A new study is among the first of its kind to separate activity relating to emotion generation from emotion regulation in the human brain. The findings provide new insights that could help inform ...

To understand our brains, there is no insight more fundamental than this: The mind is modular (LeDoux, 2003). This means the brain is not one single, unitary entity but an amalgamation of different ...

Why scents trigger the brain’s strongest memories and how smell can instantly unlock vivid recall from 20+ years ago.

False-colour positron emission tomography (PET) scan highlighting limbic areas in a human brain. A receptor for the inhibitory neurotransmitter GABA is visualised here in regions of the brain ...

The intricate relationship between scent and human emotion opens a captivating gateway into the world of sensory experience. Modern research delves deeper into how fragrances influence our ...

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 ...