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BUSTED! You should be suspicious of claims that a certain brain area is the epicenter of any given brain function. And you should try to avoid making these claims as well. The old adage, “one [...]

What is the sense that provides information about internal sensations? a) The Vestibular Sense b) Sense of Proprioception c) Interoception! d) Neuroception Interoception is the sensory system [...]

Are you right-brained or left-brained? Actually we are all “whole brained”, yet we draw on unique attributes within each hemisphere depending on our personality and proclivities. In fact, there [...]

People who experience traumatic brain injury (TBI) have a long recovery process. They often struggle to regain abilities in carrying out everyday tasks or to return to work. These issues are [...]

How much can a nerve running from the brain to the stomach affect how you feel? Researchers are discovering that this nerve, known as the vagus nerve, has a significant impact on the symptoms of [...]

What makes some people so sensitive to the world around them? The answer may lie in the brain’s white matter— a material that acts as the brain’s wiring. Researchers from the University of [...]

One of the challenges for individuals with dementia is a loss of independence that leaves them increasingly reliant on care. A new study from Umeå University in Sweden finds that exercise can [...]

Understanding how post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) impacts the brain is an important step to developing effective treatments for the many armed forces veterans who return from deployment [...]

How can you tell if someone is happy? A happy person might laugh or say that they feel happy, but the brain is more quickly able to interpret one of these responses than the other. A study from [...]

When you learn something new, your brain changes to accommodate what you learned. What happens when you learn to play video games? According to a study from the University of Utah (U of U) School [...]