Facial expressions arise from brain networks that encode slow, context-rich meaning and fast muscle control on different time scales, keeping smiles and threats socially precise.

The song came on in the grocery store aisle while I was reaching for coffee. Nothing about the moment felt special.

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A new study shows macaque species with more tolerant social systems have larger brain regions linked to emotions and social signals.

Neuroimaging suggests that hearing voices in borderline personality disorder is tied to reduced gray matter in specific brain ...

Alcohol can make you feel anxious or irritable the next day. We asked experts what causes this — and how to manage it.

If the brainstem is survival and the cortex is sophistication, then the limbic system is poetry.

Chronic back pain appears to amplify everyday sensory experiences, including sound. Brain scans reveal altered activity in ...

We know that football players and boxers have brain damage from repeated blows. Now brain research reveals chronic job stress causes brain damage and tips to protect it.

A breakup can deeply affect your body and mind. Discover the main physical and emotional effects women experience after the ...

A woman has been experiencing the same disturbing dream night after night: her boyfriend cheating on her. She wakes up in a ...

Researchers have found that the size of the amygdala—a region of the brain involved in processing emotions—could be linked to ...