The Brain's Insular Cortex Knows About Other's Stress (IMAGE)

Boston College

The Brain's Insular Cortex Knows About Other's Stress

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Experiments with adult and juvenile rats, pictured here, confirmed the insular cortex, an information-processing region of the brain in humans as well, is central to reactions like approach or avoidance of others, a team of Boston College neuroscience researchers has found.

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John P. Christianson, Boston College

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