Over the course of their lives, humans and other animals typically learn to avoid situations and stimuli that are dangerous or are perceived as threatening. Past neuroscience studies have gathered evidence suggesting that ...
For decades, psychologists and social scientists have been trying to understand what contributes to people's mental health, happiness and overall feeling of well-being. Their efforts have already helped to design numerous ...
When we accidentally touch something familiar, like a warm pan, our brains already know what feeling to expect and how much it might hurt. But if you were blindfolded and had no idea you were touching a warm pan, you'd feel ...
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A new study challenges the longstanding belief that fear is primarily communicated through facial expressions, showing instead that context plays the dominant role in real-life fear recognition.
Mar 13, 2025
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A new neuroimaging study has revealed that viewing nature can help ease how people experience pain, by reducing the brain activity linked to pain perception.
Mar 13, 2025
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New research out of Michigan State University expands on current understanding of the brain chemical dopamine, finding that it plays a role in reducing the value of memories associated with rewards. The study, published in ...
Mar 12, 2025
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Most people are familiar with Pavlovian conditioning, in which a reward-anticipatory behavior follows a reward-predicting stimulus. Behind this mechanism is dopamine released within the striatum, the largest structure of ...
Mar 12, 2025
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Our brains use basic "building blocks" of information to keep track of how people interact, enabling us to navigate complex social interactions, finds a new study led by University College London (UCL) researchers.
Mar 12, 2025
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In psychology and neuroscience, the relationship between subjective experience, such as how we perceive color, and physical brain activity has remained an unresolved problem. Furthermore, due to their limited language abilities, ...
Mar 12, 2025
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A new study from Simon Fraser University researchers has found a close link between high levels of social media use and psychiatric disorders that involve delusions, such as narcissism and body dysmorphic disorder.
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