Fear is an adaptive emotion that helps us cope with threatening situations. Deep within the temporal lobe of the brain is the amygdala, the most studied brain area involved in fear. The amygdala uses ...

Researchers from HSE University and Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences have discovered how the theta rhythm of the brain and the gender differences in attitudes to risk are ...

Babies seek to understand the world around them and learn many new things every day. Unexpected events -- for example when a ball falls through a table -- provide researchers with the unique ...

Rhythmic waves of brain activity cause us to see or not see complex images that flash before our eyes. An image can become practically invisible if it flashes before our eyes at the same time as a low ...

Stronger, improved brain rhythms appear in VR in a brain region responsible for many learning and memory diseases, from Alzheimer's to ADHD and depression A new discovery in rats shows that the brain ...

Brain rhythms change their tune in people with Alzheimer’s disease, and they do so to the beat of Aβ and tau, according to a study published in Science Translational Medicine on March 11. Researchers ...