A study of individuals with cocaine use disorder found that, when given the option, those with a thicker insula region in the ...

The insula, or insular cortex, is a part of the cerebral cortex located ... Their study on right-brain stroke patients highlights behavioural and neural contribution of temperature and ...

Whether it’s braving the long line at a trendy new restaurant or hanging on just a few minutes longer to see if there’s a post-credits scene after a movie, the decision to persevere or ditch it ...

The cutaneous sense of temperature is a distinct form of somatic sensibility mediated by specific primary afferent receptors, yet its representation in the brain is unknown 1,2. Thermoreception ...

The insula is part of the brain’s “salience network”, so named because it brings attention to important changes in the environment. It is involved in processing threats and making people ...

The brain does something similar, with certain areas taking part in this search. Among them, three play a key role: the anterior cingulate cortex, the prefrontal cortex, and the insula. The anterior ...