Stress permeates daily life, shaping our emotional and physiological responses. While stress responses are vital for survival ...

Even if you’re sitting down with a boorish uncle or a snippy cousin, you can do things to make the occasion a happy one.

Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is common in military veterans but can affect anyone who has suffered or witnessed an ...

Hidden deep inside our brain is a small structure that regulates our response to danger. Despite its size, it has a major ...

The prelimbic (PrL) cortex is vulnerable to insult from adolescent alcohol exposure and receives input from the basolateral amygdala (BLA) while sending projections to the ventrolateral periaqueductal ...

A study has found that early-life family stressors, like harsh parenting and unsafe neighborhoods, are linked to smaller ...

Teen brains show lower empathy but higher activation. Cultural factors shape responses. Understanding these differences helps ...

Exercise can have many benefits for your mental health, including a boost in mood, self-esteem, sleep, concentration, memory, ...

Meditation lowers cortisol levels, decreases activity in the amygdala, builds resilience and stress tolerance, and helps you ...

Unspoken peer pressure during adolescence and early adulthood can lead to self-doubt and irrational decisions. The article ...

The field of decision-making and behavioral psychology has long been intrigued by the framing effect, which refers to how the ...

Surprisingly, administering ketamine did not increase resting-state functional connectivity between the amygdala and the ...