During romantic love, the anterior insula and posterior cingulate cortex process emotional and bodily awareness ...

Through rigorous experimentation, the researchers take us inside our own heads—showing how the brain experiences six distinct ...

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They focused on the subcortical white matter, anterior cingulate cortex, deep frontal white matter, and posterior cingulate cortex regions of the brain, applying magnetic resonance spectroscopy.

A recent study published in Neuropsychologia suggests that Olympic-level athletes in closed-skill sports use different brain ...

Brewer and others have shown that meditation quiets the posterior cingulate cortex, the neural space involved in the kind of rumination that can lead to a loop of obsession. Brewer speaks in the ...

Exposure to a favorite brand of face cream activated a brain region called the posterior cingulate cortex (indicated by gold dots). Credit: Modified from Ref. 1 and licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https ...

Functional MRI scans showed that the researchers successfully inhibited activity in the posterior cingulate cortex, a key area in the DMN linked to emotional regulation and concentration during ...

The superior colliculus is a midbrain region that is traditionally thought to help animals orient themselves toward important locations in space, like directing their eyes and head toward a bright ...

During unpredictable threat cues, men in the healthy control group with higher anxiety showed more activation in the posterior cingulate ... and dorsal anterior cingulate cortex was greater ...

During romantic love, the anterior insula and posterior cingulate cortex process emotional and bodily awareness simultaneously, illustrating the potent combination of mental and physical ...