After pain was induced, the musicians reported experiencing less discomfort overall. And while the hand map in non-musicians’ ...

Interoception is how your brain senses and responds to what’s going on inside your body. “It’s how we know when we’re hungry, thirsty, anxious, or even need to take a deep breath,” says Wen G. Chen, ...

A new study finds that musicians experience pain differently than non-musicians, thanks to how their brains adapt through years of training.

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Esther Kuehn works for the Hertie Institute for Clinical Brain Research and the German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE) Tübingen. She receives funding from the European Research Council ...

We wake up and get to our usual routine, all without a second thought. But what if your everyday habits were silently altering your brain? Most of us focus on diet and exercise for physical health, ...

You probably think adulthood starts at 18, or maybe 21 if you’re being generous. Bills, independence, real-world issues and all that. It all kicks in fast. But what if I told you your brain isn’t even ...