Early life stress (ELS) and function of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis predict later psychopathology. Animal studies and cross-sectional human studies suggest that this process might operate ...

We all know the feeling of being cranky, volatile, and emotionally sensitive after a poor night of sleep. Until now, the neural mechanisms that tamper with our emotions when we haven’t gotten enough ...

Why are teens so dramatic? There are good explanations from neuroscience. In order to answer this question, I am going to reduce the brain to emotional versus logical systems. The emotional system is ...

- an almond-shaped neural structure in the anterior part of the temporal lobe of the cerebrum; intimately connected with the hypothalamus and the hippocampus and the cingulate gyrus; as part of the ...

We can learn ways to stop our emotions from hijacking politically divisive conversations. An expert explains how to remain ...