A light brush of fabric against skin should not cause agony. But for the roughly 51 million American adults living with ...

Children’s executive function skills need to play a game of catch-up, concludes a new research study. The study puts the ...

We don't usually realize it, but every word we speak depends on a series of complex brain processes working behind the scenes ...

New research from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign shows that decision-making signals appear as early as the primary somatosensory cortex, challenging long-held hierarchical models of brain ...

There is a deeper side to the brain which weaves your memories, goals, beliefs and emotions into a continuous sense of self.

Up to 30% of people with migraines experience an aura phase, a sensation characterized by visual or sensory disturbances such ...

Dreaming serves to protect the brain’s visual cortex from being overtaken by other sensory inputs. The brain’s peak ...

A new study identifies a neuronal circuit from the motor cortex to the insular cortex, offering a new target for non-invasive ...

When we focus on specific tactile sensations, the brain does not simply amplify signals; instead, it regulates information ...

We live in a world that rewards speed. Fast replies, fast recoveries, fast results. But what happens to the body particularly a woman's body when it n.

An interdisciplinary, multi-institution team of researchers from the University of California, Irvine, Caltech, and the Keck School of Medicine of USC is the first to use a bidirectional ...

An interdisciplinary, multi-institution team is the first to use a bidirectional brain-computer interface to control the gait of a walking exoskeleton. The system enables patients suffering spinal ...