Animal studies have described “low road” pathways that rush sensory information from the thalamus to the amygdala. A brain ...

Cannabis is often a group activity in college, but the pattern looks different among heavier users. Students who used more often shared less in a hypothetical sharing task and were less likely to use ...

Children with ADHD process unexpected sounds differently than their peers, but these brain responses change as they grow. New research shows heightened sensitivity to sudden noises in early childhood ...

Childhood trauma leaves a physical mark on the brain's structure, but heavy drinking might hide the evidence. A new brain ...

Early-life pain may leave a lasting mark on social behavior by tipping the balance between excitation and inhibition in the brain. In mice, restoring that balance, including with deep brain ...

Petting a dog after a stressful task didn’t speed recovery, but in a new experiment it was followed by calmer brain and heart responses when dog owners faced a second stress test soon after.

A meta-analysis of 11 long-running studies covering up to 134,515 workers found that rising pay tended to precede small gains ...

A massive genetic analysis reveals that while men and women share much of the underlying risk for anxiety, they also possess ...

Why are some people drawn to manipulative or even violent partners? In a study of 400 Brazilian adults, those with darker ...

Children with ADHD who begin taking stimulant medications at a younger age may develop higher brain iron levels than those ...

Not all creativity may draw on the same bodily state. In a study that tracked students’ hearts for five days, calmer ...

People usually recognize their own belongings faster than someone else’s, even when the items are just pens and pencils. A ...