As we work on overcoming what scares us, a new plasticity becomes available in our brain, and fear strikes out.

Many horse owners think the existence of the prefrontal cortex is a major controversy in equine science. It’s not. It’s just an area that’s riddled with misinformation. Curiously, most people—horsey ...

Periods of prolonged social isolation have long been associated with difficult emotions and, in some cases, with the ...

Vision shapes behavior and, a new study by MIT neuroscientists finds, behavior and internal states shape vision. The research, published Nov. 25 in Neuron, finds in mice that via specific circuits, ...