New brain imaging research shows that optimistic people think more alike than pessimists—literally. The study offers insight ...

Brazil: A new randomized clinical trial published in JAMA Network Open highlights the potential of home-based, ...

When they analysed patterns of brain activity in the MPFC, the researchers found that optimistic people seemed to have ...

Optimists have similar patterns of brain activation when they think about the future—but pessimists are all different from ...

A new study suggests that certain brain activity patterns may be linked to feeling less groggy in the morning.

New research reveals how structural brain connectivity shapes psychopathic traits and externalizing behaviors.

When someone saw real projected lines, activity in the fusiform gyrus was stronger than when they knew they were simply ...

A new study published in Neuropsychopharmacology sheds light on how heroin exposure alters brain function related to social ...

The prefrontal cortex is a small portion of brain tissue located at the front of the frontal lobe in human brains, just behind and above our eyes.

In a study published in Cell on July 10, researchers reported the first comprehensive study of whole-brain projectomes of the ...

Brain scans of Parkinson's patients showed that the prefrontal cortex was activated even when patients just imagined they were walking. "The overactivation of the prefrontal cortex has a two ...