Emotional granularity develops when relational safety and mindfulness reduce compression, allowing the brain to tolerate ...

Facial expression control starts in a very old part of the nervous system. In the brain stem sits the facial nucleus, which ...

As emotions rise and fall in everyday life, your brain keeps up, constantly adjusting. These transitions between feelings—like joy, sadness, or fear—aren’t just random reactions. They’re part of a ...

"This response evolved to help us cope with new challenges and can help us form stronger memories in order to deal with these ...

Countless parents across the country recently dropped their kids off at college for the first time. This transition can stir a whirlwind of feelings: the heartache of parting, sadness over a ...

Scientists have discovered a brain circuit that gives pain its emotional sting, explaining why some hurts linger as suffering. The breakthrough challenges our beliefs about how we process pain and may ...

For decades, treating major depression has involved a frustrating cycle of trial and error, with patients cycling through ...

To the nervous system, distress is distress. The result is a surge of stress hormones, shallow or altered breathing, ...

People are looking to AI for friendship, therapy, and even love. But AI models are incapable of having emotions because they ...

Many sexual assault victims also suffer a form of brain damage, reveals new research. Previous studies have shown that around ...

Running fights junk food’s mental toll—healing the gut, balancing hormones, and protecting the brain.