To their surprise, the scientists found that the primary somatosensory cortex did not respond to warmth. When they looked around further, they found neurons responding in a region at the side of the ...

Researchers of the Human Brain Project (HBP) have identified seven new areas of the human insular cortex, a region of the brain that is involved in a wide variety of functions, including ...

The primary somatosensory cortex did not respond to warmth, but the researchers found neurons responding in a region at the side of the brain called the posterior insular cortex. A two-photon ...

Interestingly, this move highlighted activity in a brain area called the anterior insular cortex. Experiment two — In the second experiment, participants watched a screen on which a face ...

The brain’s insular cortex, which processes senses and emotions, controls reactions like approach to or avoidance of others through the action of the hormone oxytocin, a team of Boston College ...

In a nutshell Healthcare workers who work more than 52 hours per week show physical changes in brain regions responsible for decision-making and emotional control. The study found that overworked ...

A similar method was used to suppress activity in a brain region known to regulate introspection, the insula cortex . Employing a blue-light sensitive channel opsin (iC++), Hsueh et. al sought to ...

It happens in a blink. Your eyes glance over a page, and letters become words. Words transform into meaning. Sentences unfurl into stories or arguments. But what exactly happens in your brain when you ...

At the same time, the boring video shut down the anterior insular cortex, a brain region believed to signal something important is happening in the outside world. What does all this mean?

“By using some new techniques that analyze fine-grained activity patterns, we found a specific portion of the insular cortex – an older cortex in the brain hidden behind the neocortex ...