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Scientists have found out that test subjects almost always perceive the facial expression on Leonardo da Vinci’s famous painting as happy, thus calling into question a long-held assumption in art history.

Scientists report on the status of recent research and share their vision about the future of wearable neuroprosthetics.

Researchers have studied the patterns of activity in cortical networks related to attention and working memory, as well as investigating associations between performance in working memory and attention tasks and the extent of daily technology-mediated …

Scientists have developed a way to use MRI scans to help identify when HIV is persisting in the brain despite effective drug treatment. The study shows that patients can have HIV in the brain even when the disease is kept under control by treatment.

People with social anxiety avoid situations in which they are exposed to judgment by others. Those affected also lead a withdrawn life and maintain contact above all on the Internet.

It can be hard to resist scratching when seeing another person do it. New research finds that this is because our brain is hardwired to do so.

Brain networks at rest appear to be waiting in a state of potentiation to execute even the simplest of behaviors, report researchers.

Researchers already have succeeded in growing so-called ‘cerebral organoids’ in a dish — clusters of cells that self-organize into small brain-like structures. Scientists have now further characterized these organoids. They demonstrate that, like in t…

Stress and anxiety are widely believed to contribute to drinking. Alcohol is thought to reduce tension caused by stress (the “flight or fight” response) as well as alleviate the unpleasant symptoms of anxiety (anticipation of the unpredictable, impendi…