Functional Near Infrared Spectroscopy (fNIRS) was used to assess reward pathways. Three different forms of visual self ...

Cognitive behavioral therapy, a widely used treatment for depression, may do more than teach coping skills—it might reshape ...

Imagine an object so terrifying that its mere sound could make your blood run cold. Scientists say that's exactly what an ...

To investigate, the researchers recorded neural activity in the inferior frontal gyrus—a region known ... samples and more ...

Elizabeth Warren Spells Out What Democrats Must Do 'With Urgency’ Before Trump Takes Power I have $12K in my checking account and the bank teller just told me that’s too much — so how much ...

When young people do activities that require "prolonged focus," like reading, they use "directed attention," a function that begins in the prefrontal cortex, "the part of the brain responsible for ...

Abstract: Brain activities are a mixture of periodic and aperiodic components, manifesting in the power spectral density (PSD) as rhythmic oscillations with spectral peaks and broadband fluctuations.

When alpha waves are measured, such as by a sleep doctor, the measurement is generally taken from the occipital region of the brain, which is in the back of your head. They're recognized by their ...

The brain releases feel-good dopamine as a natural reward for certain behaviors. This includes biological drives like food, sex, and social interactions. The dopamine hit you get after a pleasurable ...

Using a transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) device, which is widely used to treat depression and other mental illnesses safely, researchers were able to target a key brain network that is ...