It is believed that in 30 seconds, the human brain goes through roughly the same amount of information as the Hubble Space Telescope processes in 30 years. Part of that data comes from the world ...

A new study conducted at Reichman University's Baruch Ivcher Institute for Brain, Cognition, and Technology, led by Prof. Amir Amedi, demonstrates how the external representation of physiological ...

Every human body hums with quiet communication. Beneath every heartbeat, hiccup, and hangover lies a secret chat line between your brain and your guts. It’s like WhatsApp, but the group chat is you.

Interoception is sometimes described as the body's 'sixth sense' - it's the way we perceive and interpret our internal senses and signals like hunger, thirst, and injury. Jim's joined by UK-based ...

We are all pretty familiar with how our bodies sense what is going on in the outside world – what we see, hear, touch, taste or smell. But exactly how do our brains sense and react to what is going on ...

In February 2019, Jane Green enrolled on an experimental clinical trial targeted at autistic individuals with anxiety disorder. Green, who is in her mid-50s, is an autism activist and educator. She ...

A new study in PLOS One assesses the interoceptive powers of athletes. Interoception, the study explains, is “the detection and perception of stimuli originating from within the body.” I assumed this ...

Sight, smell, taste, touch, and hearing – these are the senses we’re probably all familiar with. But we humans may not be limited to just five: some scientists argue for a “sixth sense” – though there ...

Maintaining a balance of physiological responses at all times is important for humans to function optimally in daily life. This involves processing and integrating signals from both internal and ...