Among the many wonders of the brain is its ability to master learned movements—a dance step, piano sonata, or tying our shoes—acquired through trial-and-error ...

The basal ganglia are a group of interconnected structures, located in the midbrain below the cerebral cortex, that play a crucial role in motor control, reward processing, and cognition. This region ...

When we conceptualize anxiety, we tend to see it as an omnipresent, immutable entity which we can neither change nor challenge. But the reality is that many of our anxious behaviors have been learned, ...