It combines machine learning and brain scanning to identify and reward ‘healthy’ brain activity patterns that condition the brain to reject excessive fear, such as phobias and social anxiety.

When athletes line up at the start of a race, the crowd often hushes in anticipation until the quiet is broken by the crack of a starter pistol. The discharge sounds like a real gunshot, yet most ...

A study in people fails to detect differences in the brain’s response to fear or anxiety, long thought to be controlled by different neural circuits. Amanda was an associate editor at The Scientist, ...

X/fulltext) suggests that brain activity in specific regions before experiencing a traumatic event may help predict whether ...

Human emotions were long thought to be beyond our control, but with the advancement in research, we understand what parts of our brain cause what feelings. An interesting new research has found ...

Brain activity may indicate that after death, our souls depart from our bodies. New studies on brain activity during the dying process suggest that the brain may remain active even after clinical ...