The problem is that the human brain was shaped in the Pleistocene era, back when humans had to forage for food. Besides sabotaging our investing instincts, that fact also contributes to obesity, drug ...

For decades, scientists have thought that human consciousness arises from the newest and most sophisticated parts of the brain. But a Cambridge scientist now claims that the fundamental basis of our ...

The lizard brain controls our vital functions, such as breathing, digestion, and heartbeat, and similar complexes can be found in the brains of reptiles, hence the name. The mammal brain is concerned ...

Many of us rely on intuition to "read a room" and gauge how well social interactions go, like when we give presentations at work or have tense conversations with friends. Now, researchers from ...

Politics are like markets-a struggle between the lizard brain and the cerebral cortex. The uproar over the sale of several U.S. ports to a company based in the United Arab Emirates is no exception.