The limbic system helps regulate emotional and social processing, as well as learning, motivation, and memory. It consists of structures that lie beneath the outer, wrinkly part of the brain and above ...

Research into neurobiological mechanisms of spiritual interventions is still limited by a small number of interventions and small sample sizes. Recent studies using clinical tools and functional ...

What happens in the brain to bring about the conditions necessary for a peak or ‘mystical’ experience? According to studies, the most impactful peak experiences are characterized by a weird ...

Your brain is not one integrated system. Conscious thoughts, the words that go through your head, occur primarily in your cortex, which is the outer six layers of brain cells. It also processes the ...