Patterns: Pain and the Downsized Brain
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People with chronic back pain showed measurable shrinkage of their brains when they were given MRI scans, researchers reported yesterday.
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Telling people off activates a part of the brain linked to enjoyment and satisfaction, researchers report in Science magazine.
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Nutrition, obsession, global business:  an exploration of our second most basic desire.
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Patients with chronic pain disorders, such as fibromyalgia, appear to have abnormalities in the self-monitoring mechanism that allows the discrimination of internally produced versus externally produced stimuli, new research shows.
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Scientists say they have located the parts of the brain that help us &#39;unlearn&#39; our fears. One of the main areas involved is the same as that used to learn fears in the first place, experiments by the New York University team showed.
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Dr. Amy FT Arnsten of Yale Medical School says stressful situations activate an enzyme in the brain called protein kinase C, which impairs the short-term memory and other functions in the prefrontal cortex, the executive-decision part of the brain.
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Scientists have uncovered clues about how the brain imitates the actions of others.
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Scientists have discovered that the sweetness of revenge may have a neurological basis. A Swiss brain imaging study shows that punishing people when they behave unfairly
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Nel Barese: depresso da tempo, studiava psicologia
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Researchers have come up with a potentially new way to diagnose -- and treat -- the progressive brain disorder
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Brain scans reveal how the brain gets "tired and over-emotional" when someone is deprived of sleep.
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Well-designed studies suggest several ways to improve the brainâs viability.
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A tiny portion of the inner ear has apparently ensured that we&#39;re wired for sound. Researchers have long sought the missing link in the ear&#39;s conversion of sound waves into electrical signals that the brain can recognize as distinct sounds.
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CHAPEL HILL, NC -- It&#39;s possible that people who have migraine headaches are simply more sensitive to pain than others. That&#39;s according to a study at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
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How neuroscience is transforming the legal system.
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People born with an insensitivity to pain could help researchers understand how pain works and one day develop new painkillers with fewer side effects.
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NEW YORK  - Women who experience headaches, irritability and mood swings as menopause nears will likely see these symptoms diminish as menopause progresses, new research suggests.