A team of scientists has identified areas of the brain that are activated when a person becomes aware of themself and their thoughts. This enigmatic process appears to be controlled by the thalamus, a ...

A new study by Scripps Research scientists has identified a brain region, the paraventricular nucleus of the thalamus (PVT), that plays a crucial role in compulsive drinking. The PVT becomes highly ...

What if your brain is the reason some pain feels unbearable? Scientists at the Salk Institute have discovered a hidden brain circuit that gives pain its emotional punch—essentially transforming ...

Read more The crucial role of chaos in our brain’s most extraordinary functions To overcome this ... found that even as signals left the eye and began their journey to the thalamus, the brain’s relay ...