The visceral substrate of selfhood is not an add-on to cognitive self-awareness; in many frameworks, it is its foundation. Neuroimaging shows the anterior insula co-activating with the medial ...

Humans and other animals gradually learn what sounds or other sensory cues in their surroundings are meaningful or ...

Study links multitasking limitations to real-world risks like driving while talking or complex professional duties.

A study in mice concluded that memory problems associated with age may be driven by our gut microbiome and that the vagus nerve may be key to reversing it.