Scientists have long tried to understand the human brain by comparing it to other primates. Researchers are still trying to ...

The human brain stands as perhaps nature’s most ... their brain architecture remains very much under construction. The limbic system—responsible for emotions and reward processing—undergoes ...

This video lets you peek inside the human brain, highlighting the neuronal fibers that enable ... First, you’ll see pathways in and originating from the limbic system, which is involved in emotions, ...

False-colour positron emission tomography (PET) scan highlighting limbic areas in a human brain. A receptor for the inhibitory ... The function of various parts of the limbic system is to regulate ...

However, more activity may occur in a brain region called the deep limbic system, which relates to mood. This may cause symptoms similar to those of depression. As such, Dr Amen proposes that ...

Research shows that how we process sensory information from our environment significantly impacts stress levels and overall ...

As recently as the late 1980s the human brain was considered to be a sort ... more important to creativity may be the connections through the limbic system—the more primitive, emotional part ...

The human brain of a newborn is only 25% the size ... The amygdala is located deep in the center of the brain and is part of the limbic system involved in emotional learning, memory modulation ...

Then, we mapped the circuits connected to each lesion using the human connectome, a large-scale wiring diagram of the human brain. We then identified which connections were common to lesions that ...