In a study published in Science today, Mingsha Zhang, a neuroscientist at Beijing Normal University, focused on the thalamus.

At the same time, the researchers also saw differences. Insomnia seemed more strongly linked to changes in brain areas ...

Direct brain recordings reveal that the thalamus, especially its intralaminar and medial nuclei, actively shapes conscious ...

“Rather than actively shaping experience, the thalamus (if it is considered at all) has typically been relegated to a role in ...

For decades, neuroscientists have developed mathematical frameworks to explain how brain activity drives behavior in ...

The researchers found that consciousness may not arise in the "smart" part of the brain - the frontal areas where thinking is ...

Research explores overlapping and unique brain features in insomnia, depression and anxiety using brain scans. The findings reveal shared brain mechanisms, such as reduced cerebral cortex area.

Starting in the 1970s, researchers identified a beautiful system of specialised cells in the hippocampus (the brain’s memory centre) and entorhinal cortex (an area that deals with memory, navigation, ...

Consciousness is at the center of human existence, the ability to see, hear, dream, imagine, feel pain or pleasure, dread, ...