Fresh insight into how the brain responds to medically induced cooling could inform treatments for head injuries and conditions such
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How social isolation transforms the brain: A particular neural chemical is overproduced during long-term social isolation, causing increased aggression and fear
Chronic social isolation has debilitating effects on mental health in mammals — for example, it is often associated with depression
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Breakdown of brain’s visual networks linked to mental illness: Poor communication between brain regions responsible for understanding what we see may increase risk of mental illness
Individual regions of the brain have to team up to get things done. And like in any team, the key
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The Yogi masters were right — meditation and breathing exercises can sharpen your mind: New research explains link between breath-focused meditation and attention and brain health
It has long been claimed by Yogis and Buddhists that meditation and ancient breath-focused practices, such as pranayama, strengthen our
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Animal study connects fear behavior, rhythmic breathing, brain smell center
“Take a deep breath” is the mantra of every anxiety-reducing advice list ever written. And for good reason. There’s increasing
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Brain combats dementia by shifting resources: Recent findings in a Baycrest-University of Arizona study suggest that one method the brain uses to counter neurodegenerative diseases is the reassigning of tasks to different regions
The brain continues to put up a fight even as neurodegenerative diseases like dementia damage certain areas and functions. In
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Attention deficit disorders could stem from impaired brain coordination: Researchers uncover link absent between brain regions in attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, schizophrenia
Researchers from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and colleagues have discovered how two brain regions work together to
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Negative fateful life events and the brains of middle-aged men: Findings suggest common major midlife adverse events, such as divorce or death of a family member, accelerates aging in the brain
Conflict, a death in the family, financial hardship and serious medical crises are all associated with accelerated physical aging. In
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