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

So many of life's most pivotal decisions come down to one question: Should you listen to your logic or your emotions? Popular ...

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

We all know on a deep gut level what anger feels like. It can be a gradual or a sudden tide of emotion, the sensation of which seems to invade every cell. Our breathing increases, we sweat, our faces ...

Researchers merged data from two randomized controlled trials to examine how antidepressants affect brain tissue in people ...

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 ...

When temperatures soar, many people find their appetite suddenly plummets. The idea of eating a hot meal becomes the last thing on our minds when the heat becomes too much to bear.