In the quest for a reliable way to detect any stirrings of a sentient “I” in artificial intelligence systems, researchers are turning to one area of experience—pain—that inarguably unites a vast swath ...

Researchers have revealed how the brain processes emotions related to sustained pain and pleasure. A team of researchers led by LEE Soo Ahn and WOO Choong-Wan at the Center for Neuroscience Imaging ...

Researchers at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) have zeroed in on the ventral pallidum (VP), an information-processing hub in the brains of mice to discover how VP neurons influence animals' ...

Anticipating pleasure or pain before tasting hot sauce appears to influence how the brain responds to the spicy flavour. “This has broader implications beyond spicy food,” says Yi Luo at East China ...

People can be their own worst enemy. Why do some seem to seek out pain and suffering? Patterns of self-destructiveness exist in varying degrees in all of us. This Women’s History Month, I want to ...