One of the characteristics of depression is a tendency to perceive sensory stimuli and everyday situations in an excessively negative way. But the mechanisms underpinning this 'negativity bias,' which ...
Discover why loud vehicles trigger heart-pounding responses through neurological reflexes and physical effects on the body.
Chronic intranasal oxytocin alters neural connectivity in ASD but fails to significantly improve core behavioral outcomes, ...
If you wake up already dreading the day ahead, here are small, intentional tweaks to your morning routine that can make a ...
An international group of researchers led by Vanderbilt University has discovered for the first time that there are cannabinoid receptors in the amygdala. The amygdala is one of the primary brain ...
Bottom line: This study discovered a circuit in the brain that connects stress with increased glucose and therefore may link stress to type 2 diabetes. In stressful situations, this circuit from the ...
When footage of free solo climber Alex Honnold scaling near-vertical rock faces without ropes circulates online, the reaction is almost universal. Disbelief, anxiety, and an instinctive tightening in ...