Listening to our favorite music activates the same parts of the brain as food and sex, reveals new research. The study showed ...

These paintings are both by the Dutch artist Piet Mondrian but display strikingly different styles. The house on the left is ...

Amazingly, compassion — because it fosters positive feelings — actually attenuates the empathetic distress that can cause ...

Stress can overwhelm highly sensitive people, but by connecting with both the relative (daily life) and the transcendent (the ...

New research reveals that serotonin plays a key role in how the brain predicts future rewards, shedding light on its puzzling activity in response to both pleasure and pain.

The body part subjected to ischemia is referred to as being ischemic. Examples of ischemia include cardiac, brain, intestinal ... Symptoms of intestinal angina include pain in the upper abdomen that ...

In particular, the researchers found lower quality of white matter connections in parts of the brain tied to mental arithmetic and receptive language. These white matter differences accounted for ...

Pain on the outer (or lateral) part of the knee can happen due to an injury or arthritis. It may also result from inflammation in a band of tough fibrous tissue that runs down the outside of the ...

What do creativity and social bonds have to do with one another? The brain opioid theory helps us understand how creativity and flow may cycle after broken relationships.

Here’s how reading books can change your brain — and your body — for the better. Reading involves activity in several parts of the brain, and over time, it may change your brain structure.

Beijing announced the controls late on Friday as part of a broader package of tariffs and company restrictions in retaliation for Trump's decision to hike tariffs against most Chinese products to 54%.

Dopamine plays a bigger role as a neurotransmitter, affecting movement, memory, pleasure ... your body responds, in part, by increasing: Blood flow to your muscles and brain Alertness Heart ...