Over the course of their lives, humans and other animals typically learn to avoid situations and stimuli that are dangerous ...

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Research shows the "tapping" technique can reduce anxiety, depression, and PTSD in real time and in as little as five minutes ...

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Research reveals how specific sound frequencies can affect you, with promising applications for pain management, stress ...

Until now, doctors knew hepatic stellate cells mainly as drivers of liver fibrosis. The actual functions of this cell type have hardly been studied to date. Researchers have now determined that ...

Our brains use basic 'building blocks' of information to keep track of how people interact, enabling us to navigate complex social interactions, finds a new study.

Researchers from the University of New Hampshire looked at the developmental process of the cerebral cortex—the outermost ...

Geriatrician Dr. Heather Whitson says the future of research on the aging brain offers hope for a better quality of life for ...

Many psychiatric disorders are linked to altered functioning of brain networks that drive reward processing and executive functions like making decisions, taking risks, planning, and memory.

New research reveals that our brains simplify complex social interactions by using basic mental "building blocks" or shortcuts.

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