Humans ask what things mean. Animals move on. That difference explains both our brilliance and much of our psychological ...

Robot skin that senses touch and pain — and triggers instant reflexes — makes robots more like humans. It probably also makes ...

Many of us find that we still have pain to deal with after a medical procedure or an injury heals. If our pain is fairly low, most of us do our best to adapt and ignore it as we go about our life. The ...

When the hair rises on the back of your neck through a process called piloerection or something hurts so much your primitive response prompts you to run away, your body can completely block out pain ...

Houston Methodist neuroscientists have developed a first-of-its-kind method to rapidly produce synchronized, human brain wave-like activity in lab-grown neural networks that can communicate over long ...

Chronic pain can be debilitating and frustrating, especially among aging adults. While physical remedies and treatments can provide some relief, experts have found that shifting one's mindset — or the ...

Tal Sharf (right, senior author), Tjiste van der Molen (middle, postdoctoral researcher), and Greg Kaurala (left, staff researcher). Humans have long wondered when and how we begin to form thoughts.

A dog screams out in pain as it’s dragged inside a tent within a homeless encampment near Skid Row, as shown in a horrifying video obtained by The Post. The footage captures a dirty multi-colored tent ...

Back pain shows up anywhere from the base of your neck down to your tailbone. The discomfort might feel burning, aching, dull, sharp, shooting, stabbing or throbbing depending on what’s causing it.

A Gen Z man who developed chest pain thought he was just stressed from work and overexerting himself, but to his horror, he actually had a life-threatening condition. In September, Sammy Ouatts, 24, ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: What is known about Parsonage-Turner syndrome? One of my brothers has severe shoulder pain. He had an MRI done and was told that it may be Parsonage-Turner syndrome. Can this be ...