New research published in Gastroenterology highlights how culture, social environment, stress, and economic conditions ...

Working through the night may affect brain function, mood and mental well-being. A team of scientists explore how disrupted ...

Imagine if keeping your brain in top shape was as routine as brushing your teeth in the morning or exercising before work. Brain health is more than simply the absence of disease; it is the state of ...

Features of this brain activity turn out to be shared by humans and mice—and, by extension, every mammal in between. The findings could help unveil some of the driving forces behind numerous ...

As a person who has immediate family members with diametrically opposing views on politics, I struggle to understand how we could possibly be having such different reactions to the events unfolding in ...

Many people experience times when their emotions feel too big or out-of-control, even when nothing obviously wrong is happening around them. Maybe you’ve had the experience of feeling calm and content ...

Researchers say children’s laughter may do much more than create happy moments. Humor and playful interactions could help ...

In today’s high-pressure workplaces, emotions are omnipresent—from quiet frustration over a missed deadline to visible tension during a difficult meeting. Often, these emotional undercurrents stem not ...

On the other hand, if a brain disorder causes the second wave of brain activity to decay too slowly or to accumulate excessive strength (perhaps due to differences in brain wiring or gene expression, ...