Two brain regions, M2 and OFC, work together to balance steady habits with flexible learning when choices become uncertain.

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Early research suggests a brain test may predict whether antidepressants will cause sexual dysfunction. There has never been a way to predict this effect.

A new study suggests that people with strongly held political beliefs, whether liberal or conservative, tend to process political content in strikingly similar ways at a neurological level. The ...

How fit are you really? Even if you’re an enthusiastic exerciser, the answer may surprise you. There are no end of complicated and costly new ways to measure your fitness, from wearable tech to VO₂ ...

Indulging in cheeseburgers, fries and other junk foods may do more than add inches to the waistline—they could also quickly impair memory. This is the warning of a new study by researchers from the ...

DEAR ABBY: I remarried several years after my first wife passed away. I thought they were different people, but they share one maddening trait. They refuse to use the phone! Of course they talk to the ...

From Santiago Ramón y Cajal’s hand came branches and whorls, spines and webs. Now-famous drawings by the neuroanatomist in the late 19th and early 20th centuries showed, for the first time, the ...

While we've known for some time that obesity affects the brain, scientists have found that, more importantly, it's where you carry it that matters. And it's the deep visceral fat around organs that ...

These deceptively simple activities can give your brain the workout it needs to thrive. We usually think of “slow” hobbies as just that—slow. Calming, enjoyable, maybe even repetitive. But ...