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

A study of over 1,000 young adults reveals that both recent and heavy lifetime cannabis use reduce brain activity in regions ...

Among them, three play a key role: the anterior cingulate cortex, the prefrontal cortex, and the insula. The anterior cingulate cortex and the prefrontal cortex are part of a network involved in ...

The insula, or insular cortex, is a part of the cerebral cortex located at the base of the Sylvian fissure, and is involved in the processing of emotions, memory, taste, and regulation of the ...

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 ...

Our results demonstrate that discriminative thermosensory cortex lies in the dorsal margin of the middle/posterior insula of humans. We first explored changes in regional activity over the entire ...