How The Vagas Nerve Orchestrates the Mind-Body Connection August 26, 2024 QuantaMagazine.org Like a highway system, the vagus nerve branches profusely from your brain through your organs to marshal bodily functions, including aspects of mind such as mood, pleasure and fear. The vagus nerve sprawls from the brain through the

Oral Microbiota May 15, 2025 Neurosciencenews.com Married Minds: Oral Microbiota May Mediate Shared Anxiety A new study suggests that the transmission of oral microbiota between newlywed couples may influence the development of depression and anxiety symptoms. Researchers followed 1,740 couples married for six months and compared healthy spouses to those

Two Learning Systems in the Brain Reveal How Habits Are Formed May 15, 2025 Neurosciencenews.com Summary: The brain uses two separate dopamine-based learning systems: one for evaluating outcomes and another for reinforcing repeated actions. Known as reward prediction error (RPE) and action prediction error (APE), these systems help explain how