Anxiety distorts perceptions of threat, magnifying worry. New findings suggest a diet tweak that can help sufferers.

Our brains have a way of playing tricks on us — like that ringing in our ears known as tinnitus. It’s a sound in your head, created to make up for hearing loss. And that’s not the only way minds ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — New findings from studies in both people and animals are revealing clues about how sensory information and cognitive processes interact in the brain to produce our perception of the ...

Even consciousness could reveal its secrets someday with this realistic simulation, researchers hope. It will not only ...

New ultra–high-field brain scans reveal hidden body maps inside the visual system, showing how the brain weaves sight and touch together to build a unified sense of perception. Study: Vicarious body ...

An international team of researchers is studying how vibration applied to tendons influences how people experience physical ...

At the heart of this research is a miniaturized transcranial optogenetic neural stimulator. This innovative device operates wirelessly, enabling real-time modulation of cortical activity. Key features ...

Your nose’s superpower is thanks to a “superhighway” that leads directly into your brain. The olfactory system runs straight to the hippocampus, or your memory hub, whereas other sensory systems have ...

An encouraging pat on the back or a soft sweater on the skin - even things that we do not actively explore with the hands, we perceive with our body perception. Which brain areas are responsible for ...

Time in the brain doesn't follow the steady ticking of the world's most precise clocks. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Time in ...

The idea of “reading minds” has shifted from science fiction to a concrete engineering challenge, and the latest ...

More than ten percent of the cerebral cortex are involved in processing information about our sense of touch -- a larger area than previously thought. An encouraging pat on the back or a soft sweater ...