A single neural thread in the brain may explain why some people who are hurt lash out while others turn the pain inward. A ...

A new study reveals that aggression and self-harm share a biological foundation in the brain’s response to early-life trauma.

Scientists at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC found that early-life trauma changes a brain circuit linked to ...

A wellness trend making the rounds on social media promotes ‘dark showering,’ which is exactly what it sounds like: your ...

As humans, we tend to consider our emotional states as a direct response to the experiences of our lives. Traffic may make us ...

Stress is not simply a response to acute stressful episodes. It occurs in the brain where a natural rhythmic pattern ...

Others avoid scary movies and haunted houses altogether during Halloween. In a study published in August, a team at the University of Colorado Boulder studied how people’s brains respond to threats ...

Japanese researchers have uncovered how the astringent “bite” of cocoa flavanols can activate the brain—even though little of the compound enters the bloodstream.

Deep brain stimulation (DBS) is a surgical procedure that entails the delivery of high-frequency electrical impulses to ...

Challenging a long-standing assumption regarding the adult brain, recent research has demonstrated that individuals can ...