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 ...

The Prefrontal Cortex and the Limbic System A great deal of our moment-to-moment experience results from the interplay of these two parts of the brain. When you understand this interplay, you will ...

In a recent study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, researchers explore how live and recorded music stimulates the brain, with live music found to induce stronger and ...