This is Part 3 of a four-part series on: What Actually Are Emotions? “Emotions are not what we think they are. They are not universally expressed and recognized. They are not hardwired brain reactions ...

Countless parents across the country recently dropped their kids off at college for the first time. This transition can stir a whirlwind of feelings: the heartache of parting, sadness over a ...

USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences and University of Southern California provide funding as members of The Conversation US. Countless parents across the country recently dropped their ...

On the other hand, if a brain disorder causes the second wave of brain activity to decay too slowly or to accumulate excessive strength (perhaps due to differences in brain wiring or gene expression, ...

The brain is our body’s command center, the control tower for our body and mind—no wonder it’s the focus of intense research across the globe, with so much interest in figuring out the mysteries of ...

Emotions guide our actions. They help us decide whether to start, maintain, shift, or stop what we are doing—based on our current bodily state, the surrounding context, and the meaning we give to both ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. In recent decades, neuroscience has seen some stunning advances, and yet a critical part of the brain remains a mystery. I am referring ...

Researchers at the Salk Institute have discovered a brain pathway that connects the frontal cortex to the brainstem, offering potential therapeutic targets for anxiety, panic, and PTSD. Study: A ...

What if the key to reducing your chronic pain was not in tackling the symptoms, but in regulating your emotions? A recent study shows that retraining your brain to deescalate negative emotions and ...

What gives rise to human consciousness? Are some parts of the brain more important than others? Scientists began tackling these questions in more depth about 35 years ago. Researchers have made ...