Robert King, a member of the Angola 3, shares how his 29 years in solitary confinement changed the course of his life forever.

Exposure to a certain single-celled parasite became the infamous face of ‘crazy cat people’ syndrome, but perhaps unjustly so.

For years, researchers have struggled to understand how emotions are formed and processed by the brain.

Fears may be acquired over a lifetime, but our brains are wired for fear from birth.

Where do love ballads and beautiful poetry come from? What about the fear of heights and spiders? It’s all in the brain! In this lesson, explore the wonders of emotions and the brain with your students.

Jules Lobel has spent years using neuroscience studies in court to argue and prove that solitary confinement should be considered cruel and unusual punishment.

It’s hard to describe what an emotion is — let alone how many of them there are or whether everyone experiences the same ones. But we do know this: emotions arise from activity in distinct parts of the brain.

Stories help people connect with each other and make sense of the world.

Americans 65 and older undergo nearly 20 million surgeries each year, which frequently improve and sometimes save their lives. But the brain doesn’t always fare so well.

Researchers are teasing out brain areas and networks that respond to threats, real and imagined.