Discover how gratitude doesn't just change your mind—it may literally reprogram your cells for healing from the inside out.

One explanation comes from neural overflow, where motor signals in the brain spill over into nearby regions. Another ...

A new study reveals that the thalamus, long overshadowed by the cortex and hippocampus, plays a crucial role in shaping and ...

Lately, I have noticed a lack of life in my surroundings. At seventeen, I watch as we get closer and closer to becoming soulless. We have become a ...

A new study published in Psychological Science finds that not all aspects of intelligence are equally tied to how long people ...

Department of Psychology, Freie Universit?t Berlin, Berlin, Germany. Department of Psychology, Freie Universit?t Berlin, Berlin, Germany Dahlem Institute for Neuroimaging of Emotion (D.I.N.E.), Berlin ...

Previous research in sport psychology and rehabilitation suggests that training ... Doyon, J. (2003). Functional cerebral reorganization following motor sequence learning through mental practice with ...

In a world of constant stimulation, the thalamus filters which thoughts we become aware of and which we don’t.

Beijing Normal University-led researchers have identified specific high-order thalamic nuclei that drive human conscious ...

Years ago, as a neurology resident, Chinfei Chen, MD, Ph.D., cared for a 20-year-old woman who had experienced a very small ...

Thalamic regions drive conscious perception by syncing with the prefrontal cortex, acting as a gateway to awareness. Using direct intracranial brain recordings in humans, a new study has identified ...