This news release is available in German. The insular cortex is an integral "hub", combining sensory, emotional and cognitive content. Not surprisingly, alterations in insular structure and function ...

Researchers of the Human Brain Project (HBP) have identified seven new areas of the human insular cortex, a region of the brain that is involved in a wide variety of functions, including ...

December 20, 2019 Update: The paper below has been retracted, as per an announcement in Science. Acute pain, e.g. hitting your leg against a sharp object, causes an abrupt, unpleasant feeling. In this ...

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, Vol. 114, No. 29 (July 18, 2017), pp. 7582-7587 (6 pages) Metamemory monitoring, or the ability to introspect on the ...

Insular cortex epilepsy (IE) is a form of epilepsy that arises from the insular cortex, a region of the brain that plays a crucial role in various functions, including emotion, perception, and ...

Hedonic hotspots are brain sites where particular neurochemical stimulations causally amplify the hedonic impact of sensory rewards, such as “liking” for sweetness. Here, we report the mapping of two ...

Researchers identify a key area in the cortex that appears to be the gate of conscious awareness. During our waking hours, the brain is receiving a near-constant influx of sensory signals of various ...

Neuroscientists have discovered an area of the brain, the insular cortex, that processes painful experiences and thereby drives learning from aversive events. Acute pain, e.g. hitting your leg against ...