A new study on laboratory rats has found that the brain’s ability to learn from rewards is enhanced by the hormone estrogen.
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Childhood Trauma Rewires the Brain in Ways That Fuel Both Aggression and Self-Harm
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.
Stress is not simply a response to acute stressful episodes. It occurs in the brain where a natural rhythmic pattern ...
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 ...
New research has uncovered a surprisingly complex nervous system in sea urchins, which appear to possess an “all-body brain”.
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Scary movies and haunted houses: CU Boulder team studies how the brain responds to fear
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 ...
Aggression and self-harm often co-occur in individuals with a history of early-life trauma—a connection that has largely been ...
Japanese researchers have uncovered how the astringent “bite” of cocoa flavanols can activate the brain—even though little of the compound enters the bloodstream.
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