Breast cancer can rapidly derail the brain’s day-night regulation of stress hormones, even before tumors are detectable.

Guilt and shame arise from different cognitive triggers and rely on distinct neural systems to guide compensatory behavior.

A new study uncovers a precise brain pathway that rapidly converts emotional stress into sudden wakefulness during NREM sleep.

New research shows that buying second-hand gifts is typically a thoughtful, intentional decision rather than an impulsive one ...

New research shows that blood from older animals can speed up Alzheimer’s-related changes in the brain, while young blood may ...

Depression and anxiety may heighten cardiovascular disease risk through chronic stress pathways in the brain and body.

New research shows that deep learning can use EEG signals to distinguish Alzheimer’s disease from frontotemporal dementia ...

A new study shows that abstinent smokers experience heightened pain sensitivity linked to altered activity in specific brain ...

People blink less when working harder to understand speech in noisy environments, suggesting that blinking is tightly linked ...

Physical exercise triggers extracellular vesicles (EVs)—tiny particles in the blood—to act as temporary transport shuttles for key hormone precursors.

A new analysis shows that anti-inflammatory medications may help reduce symptoms for a subset of people with depression who ...

MRI signals don’t always match the brain’s true activity levels, overturning a core assumption used in tens of thousands of studies.