Last week we discussed the role of central pain. Centrally mediated pain occurs when the brains innate ability to block pain from the conscious mind is compromised. A problem in the brain's ability to ...

To understand our brains, there is no insight more fundamental than this: The mind is modular (LeDoux, 2003). This means the brain is not one single, unitary entity but an amalgamation of different ...

The golf ball represents the limbic system, which is involved in basic emotions and feelings that, in part, make up your personality. When something scares you, it is this part of the brain that makes ...

"Somebody woke up on the wrong side of bed this morning." You know that comment; the one that rarely makes you feel any more gracious towards the world (or the person saying it). At other times you ...

The one single biggest irrationality in business decision-making comes back to the one underlying paradigm that is as common as it is incorrect – that the cognitive mind or the conscious mind ...

Studies of heart-rate variability – small changes between heartbeats controlled by the vagus nerve – show that swearing may ...

Your autonomic nervous system (ANS) is the part of your central nervous system (CNS) that controls unconscious activities like breathing and digestion. This system is always working, whether or not ...

Craig Mazin is a screenwriter and producer whose credits include "Scary Movie 3" and "Scary Movie 4," released Friday. Any screenwriter with even the briefest experience in this business has gotten ...

Neuroscience reveals our brain as three distinct systems: reptilian, limbic, and neocortex, each influencing decisions. The reptilian brain governs instincts, the limbic system manages emotions, and ...