For people living with paralysis after a spinal cord injury, losing the ability to feel their hands can be just as difficult ...

Neuroscientists have revealed how sensory input is transformed into motor action across multiple brain regions in mice. The research, conducted at the Sainsbury Wellcome Center at UCL, shows that ...

Our heart is constantly beating yet we normally do not feel it. It turns out that our brain is capable of filtering out the cardiac sensation so that it doesn't interfere with the brain's ability to ...

Loving touch is vital for healthy brain development and emotional well-being. Previous research has established that slow, caressing, "affective" touch plays a crucial role in early childhood ...

For 200 years, scientists have speculated that different parts of the brain were responsible for different types of activity and behaviors and have tried to build maps of the brain, carving it up into ...