Neurological insults, such as congenital blindness, deafness, amputation, and stroke, often
result in surprising and impressive behavioural changes. Cortical reorganisation, which …

The skin is our largest sensory organ and innervated by afferent fibers carrying tactile
information to the spinal cord and onto the brain. The density with which different classes of …

The nature of the transition from acute to chronic pain still eludes explanation, but chronic
pain resulting from surgery provides a natural experiment that invites clinical …

Following arm amputation the region that represented the missing hand in primary
somatosensory cortex (S1) becomes deprived of its primary input, resulting in changed …

This review integrates Fredrickson's broaden-and-build theory of positive emotions with
advances in affective neuroscience regarding plasticity in the neural circuitry of emotions to …

Brian Boyd explains why we tell stories and how our minds are shaped to understand them.
After considering art as adaptation, Boyd examines Homer's Odyssey and Dr. Seuss's …

Preventing Mental, Emotional, and Behavioral Disorders Among Young People: Progress and
Possibilities Page 1 Committee on the Prevention of Mental Disorders and Substance Abuse …

Many current neurophysiological, psychophysical, and psychological approaches to vision
rest on the idea that when we see, the brain produces an internal representation of the …

Recent neuroscientific evidence has confirmed the important role of cognitive and
behavioral factors in the development and treatment of chronic pain. Neuropathic and …

Was wissen wir heute über die neuronalen Strukturen und Prozesse, die normalem und
gestörtem Erleben und Verhalten zu Grunde liegen? Was wissen wir über die neuronalen …