A newly identified part of a brain circuit mixes sensory information, memories, and emotions to tell whether things are familiar or new, and important or just 'background noise.' ...

Researchers at Washington University in St. Louis Medicine Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology have identified specific neuronal cells that are essential to our understanding of other people. Runnan ...

Yet there was a hidden connection that was only recently discovered, and it turns out to be quite important. The kind of irregular, ragged breathing that occurs in stressful situations is directly ...

Love is weird. There, I said it. Not the "holding hands and staring into each other’s eyes under the moonlight" kind of weird ...

Love happens in the brain, where hormonal releases and brain chemicals like dopamine, serotonin and oxytocin are released.

Background: It is well-established that what is good for the heart is good for the brain. Vascular factors such as hypertension, diabetes, and high cholesterol, and genetic factors such as the ...

Was this merely a sign of affection, or does it mean something more? Read on to learn the curious reason why otters hold hands. Sea otters live together in groups of 10 to 100 individuals, often ...

A neuroscientist shared 3 tips to help stop your brain from subconsciously holding you back from achieving your goals. As the saying goes, "No risk, no glory" — it's pretty hard to achieve ...

To get treats, apes eagerly pointed them out to humans who didn’t know where they were, a seemingly simple experiment that demonstrated for the first time that apes will communicate unknown ...

It’s all connected: Your healthy heart and your healthy brain go together. When your ticker is in good shape, you’re less likely to have chronic illnesses like diabetes. And your risk for ...

Controversy over immigration policies during the first Trump administration led to rallies like "Immigrant Day" outside the Minnesota State Capitol in 2017. (David Joles/The Minnesota Star Tribune) ...

A set of rare identical quadruplets can’t stop holding hands — and it's touching to watch. “They’re constantly reaching for each other,” Jonathan Sandhu, the babies’ dad, tells TODAY.com.