Researchers of the Human Brain Project (HBP) have identified seven new areas of the human insular cortex, a region of the brain that is involved in a wide variety of functions, including ...

How does the brain encode physical pain? Which brain areas (if any) respond only to painful stimuli? A new paper reports that one supposedly "pain-selective" brain region, the posterior insula, ...

Editor’s Note: Robert Sapolsky is a professor of biology, neurology and neurosurgery at Stanford University. He is also the author of “Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst.” The ...

A new study has identified a specific neural pathway that connects the brain’s processing of internal states to the formation of new memories. Researchers discovered that distinct populations of ...

A new study in animals suggests that the social and interpersonal problems associated with opioid addiction might be reversible. Researchers in the Arizona State University Department of Psychology ...

Insula is the region in the brain that's considered to be the seat of social emotions such as disgust, pride, humiliation, lust, guilt and atonement. What's unique about the insula? Insula is the ...