Humans and mice share persistent brain-activity patterns in response to adverse sensory experience, scientists find, opening a window to our emotions and, perhaps, neuropsychiatric disorders.

New research suggests that acute stress may impair key brain functions involved in managing emotions -- particularly in people living with 'distress disorders' such as depression, anxiety, and ...

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The treatment consists of addressing your moods, thoughts, and behaviors to find successful ways to respond to stress. In some cases, regular exercise has been shown to be as effective as medication.

A study offers a glimpse of how the brain turns experience into emotion. In mice and humans, puffs of air to the eye caused persistent changes in brain activity, suggesting an emotional response.

This is the essence of Memorial Day, and it’s where our thoughts turn as this weekend ... Day can bring into play a full range of human emotions. There is pride, and selfless bravery, in the ...

Have you experienced any of these negative emotions? When or under what circumstances did experience this emotion? Who else is usually involved when you feel this way? When was the last time you felt ...