A new research initiative is investigating how obesity reshapes brain circuits involved in reward, motivation, and emotion, ...

Obesity is on the rise. Among U.S. adults aged 20 or older, 4 in 10 met the criteria for obesity in the most recent National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, up from roughly 3 in 10 two ...

A team of over 150 scientists has achieved what once seemed impossible: a complete wiring and activity map of a tiny section ...

Music influences emotion, memory, and mental health, and serves as a tool for healing and joy. Explore the roots of its power ...

When you see a bag of carrots at the grocery store, does your mind go to potatoes and parsnips or buffalo wings and celery?

PASS theory explains cognition through four processes—planning, attention, simultaneous, and successive—that offer a dynamic ...

cannot be delivered to the brain through systemic administration. To address this issue, a team from Massachusetts General Hospital has developed a novel cannula delivery system that enables the ...

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It could be a fun way to explore your body and sexual preferences, and may even have positive brain benefits. Research shows that sexual activities like masturbation involve many different parts ...

Stress can drain the joy from your day, but does it serve any purpose in your life? Use WebMD's quiz to test your knowledge of the “stress response.” Insomnia. Headaches. Stress affects your ...