Two parallel di-synaptic routes convey nociceptive input to the telencephalon: the spino-thalamic system projecting principally to the posterior insula, and the spino-parabrachial pathway reaching the ...
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 ...
Neuropathic pain affects nearly 10% of the global population, and up to 60% of those individuals also struggle with anxiety ...
Sometimes, stress or excitement can affect decision making, and not always positively. Fortunately, this brain hack can help ...
The developmental basis for inter-individual differences in ANS function relates in part to the prenatal, fetal, and neonatal experience. The ANS undergoes a prolonged period of development and ...
For the first time, an international team of scientists has shown that the amygdala in the human brain is able to detect possible threats in the visual environment at ultra-fast time scales. By ...
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 ...