by Ingrid Fadelli | May 31, 2024 | MEDICALXPRESS, Neuroscience, Psychology & Psychiatry
Disgust is one of the six basic human emotions, along with happiness, sadness, fear, anger, and surprise. Disgust typically arises when a person perceives a sensory stimulus or situation as revolting, off-putting, or unpleasant in other ways.
by Ingrid Fadelli | May 31, 2024 | MEDICALXPRESS, Neuroscience, Psychology & Psychiatry
Neuroscientists and psychologists have been trying to pinpoint the processes behind human decision-making for decades. While their efforts led to numerous interesting insights, the intricacies of complex decision-making remain poorly understood.
by Ingrid Fadelli | May 31, 2024 | MEDICALXPRESS, Neuroscience, Psychology & Psychiatry
We generally assume that when humans are walking or otherwise moving in space, their head faces towards the direction they are traveling in. Nonetheless, travel direction and head direction are distinct factors associated with the processing of different types of...
by Ingrid Fadelli | May 31, 2024 | Genetics, MEDICALXPRESS, Neuroscience
The organization of the human brain develops over time, following the coordinated expression of thousands of genes. Linking the development of healthy brain organization to genes involved in mental health conditions such as autism and schizophrenia could help to...
by Ingrid Fadelli | May 31, 2024 | MEDICALXPRESS, Neuroscience
Neurons are known to communicate and integrate information they receive from their dendrites, branch-like structures extending from their body. In contrast, the activity in astrocytes, a class of star-shaped glial cells found in the central nervous system (CNS), has...
