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Chronic stress can alter the brain’s fear and emotion systems, subtly influencing how we respond to everyday challenges and ...

Students may lack the skills to control their behavior when they’re upset, and these steps can help build self-regulation.

New research shows adolescence lasts into the early 30s, reshaping how parents, teachers and employers should support young ...

Princeton scientists found that the brain uses reusable “cognitive blocks” to create new behaviors quickly.

Contrary to what is often believed, our vision does not passively capture the world like a camera. Neuroscientists have ...

Christmas consumerism, with all its festive music and heart-warming advertising, relaxes people’s usual restraint.

Inside the artist’s brain, creativity emerges not as magic, but as a disciplined dance between imagination, emotion and ...

Navigate holiday stress with your child’s brain in mind. Try these age-by-age tips for handling everything from tantrums to ...

The findings, published in the Nature journal Molecular Psychiatry, come from an analysis of 25 studies. The team compared neurometabolite levels, which are chemicals created during brain metabolism, ...

New research from UC Davis Health shows that people with anxiety disorders tend to have lower levels of a brain chemical ...