Neuroscience

Sprint then stop? Brain is wired for the math to make it happen

Your new apartment is just a couple of blocks down the street from the bus stop but today you are late and you see the bus roll past you. You break into a full sprint. Your goal is to get to the bus as fast as possible and ...

Neuroscience

Neural circuit location of strong sense of discomfort found

Researchers have identified a new neural circuit in the brain which produces a strong sense of discomfort when activated. The discovery also allows them to show for the first time that the subthalamic nucleus, a structure ...

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