People have a lot of misconceptions about what the brain's left and right hemispheres do, but one well-known aspect of this ...

In this study, brain scans revealed changes in regions involved with addiction and appetite. For example, activity decreased in the left orbital inferior frontal gyrus—an area key to self ...

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The brain at baseline While task-based studies reveal what parts of the brain activate during specific activities, the researchers in this ... The study found that the left insula shows stronger ...

While task-based studies reveal what parts of the brain activate during specific activities, the researchers in this study ... The study found that the left insula shows stronger connectivity with ...

High cholesterol is often referred to as the "silent killer" due to its lack of obvious symptoms. However, there are some ...

Fewer nights out with friends, more take-out meals, less theatergoing. Americans are spending more time alone than ever before. Whether this trend results from an epidemic of loneliness, which leaves ...

According to the World Stroke Association, someone suffers a stroke every 45 seconds in the United States. Over 12 million ...

Many competitions, ribbons, medals, and two brain surgeries later, Josh Dillon has refused to allow regularly occurring seizures to slow him down.

Finally, we show that the heritability of brain activity patterns can be partially explained by ... FC profiles during movie-watching (left column) were more heritable than resting state FC profiles ...

No Name Club Claremorris lip-synced and danced their way through Journey’s ‘Don’t Stop Believing’. The judges praised their ...