This is where memory is essential to identity formation. The self is assembled not from everything that has happened to us, but from what the brain has chosen to preserve and retrieve.

Positive affirmations, intended to counter negative self-talk, are explored for their effectiveness. While some find them empowering and confidence-boosting, others experience mixed results, ...

Virginia Tech scientist Sora Shin (right) of the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC and postdoctoral associate Jane Jung found that early-life trauma changes a brain circuit linked to both ...

Neuroplasticity is the neuroscientific term for the brain's remarkable ability to change, rewire, and restructure itself over the course of our lives. This ability is highest in babies and children ...

Signals relayed to motor neurons from the brain enable muscle movement, but these signals typically pass through spinal interneurons before they reach their destination. How the brain and this highly ...

Cancer tumors hijack the vagus nerve to communicate with the brain, triggering a hormonal response that suppresses the immune system.