The podcast Chasing Life With Dr. Sanjay Gupta explores the medical science behind some of life’s mysteries big and small.

Whenever something bad happens to us, brain systems responsible for mediating emotions kick in to prevent it from happening again. When we get stung by a wasp, the association between pain and wasps ...

Our ability to store information about familiar objects depends on the connection between visual and language processing regions in the brain, according to a new study.

Our ability to store information about familiar objects depends on the connection between visual and language-processing ...

The wealth of information provided by our senses that allows our brain to navigate the world around us is remarkable. Touch, ...

The S-shape pose has the head and hips turned in different directions, which draws attention to body curvatures. Schuessler ...

A new, incision-free technique developed at UVA Health to treat debilitating brain lesions called cerebral cavernous ...

Language processing in humans depends on the neuronal connection between language areas in the brain. Until recently, this ...

What if you could optimize your productivity using tools you already have in your head? Here's how working memory acts like a ...

And what did they find? As the bee lay still, its neuronal networks switched to a quieter, synchronized mode. A sleep state ...

How are we able to recall a word we want to say? This basic ability, called word retrieval, is often compromised in patients with brain damage. Interestingly, many patients who can name words they see ...

How are we able to recall a word we want to say? This basic ability, called word retrieval, is often compromised in patients ...