Understanding how our brain interprets social hierarchy or facial emotions may be key to advancing our knowledge of anxiety and mood disorders. This is the aim of the project led by researcher Maya ...

Our brain’s built-in GPS is controlled by the hippocampus. Nestled deep in the brain, the hippocampus has specialized place cells that fire when you are in specific places.

In some cases, evidence of brain damage has helped defendants fight charges in court.

Neuropsychiatric disorders reflect disruptions in brain network dynamics along an “order–complexity–chaos” continuum. Psychedelics may therapeutically increase neural entropy, disrupt maladaptive ...

The limbic system is defined as the brain networking system responsible for controlling emotional drives and memory formation.