Understanding how the brain creates conscious experience remains one of science’s most difficult challenges. Brain scans and ...

Formalin was injected into the hind paw and histamine into the neck of a mouse to induce pain and itch, respectively. The activation patterns of anterior cingulate cortex (ACC) neurons were then ...

The researchers found that diabetes weakens the anterior cingulate cortex (ACC)—a key part of the brain. "The effects we found were due to altered communication between the hippocampus (a key area for ...

Sagittal MRI slice with highlighting indicating location of the anterior cingulate cortex (ACC). Source: Geoff B. Hall/CCO 1.0 Public Domain New research sheds light on how an often overlooked area of ...

A research team led by KAANG Bong-Kiun, director of the Center for Cognition and Sociality within the Institute for Basic Science (IBS), and KO Hyoung-Gon, professor at Kyung Hee University College of ...

Sagittal MRI slice with yellow highlighting to indicate the location of the anterior cingulate cortex (ACC). Source: Geoff B. Hall/Wikipedia Commons Altruism and gratitude are two sides of the same ...