Why we worry, what we worry about, and 5 steps we can take to break free of unhealthy cycles of negative forecasting.

Discover how the brain regulates generosity depending on emotional closeness, revealing the science behind our social ...

Are there areas of the brain that regulate prosocial, altruistic behavior? Together with colleagues from the universities in ...

In April, researchers published findings in the journal "Nature" that explored how animal brains learn to associate certain ...

Are there areas of the brain, which regulate prosocial, altruistic behavior? Researchers have studied a very special group of patients and established that the 'basolateral amygdala' (part of the ...

The people with a damaged basolateral amygdala were found to be selfish when it came to sharing money with those they felt ...

Physicians have long observed a mystifying phenomenon: After a bout of infection or an autoimmune disease flare-up, some ...

A study has found that damage to the prefrontal cortex in the brain that helps with self-control and reasoning could ...

Cytokines play a crucial role in connecting the immune system with the brain, affecting mood and behavior through ...

New research reveals that the immune molecule IL-17 can influence behavior by acting directly on specific regions of the brain.

NORFOLK, Va. — A study recently conducted at Virginia Tech showed that people who witness traumatic events undergo unique ...

The work, conducted in mice and funded in part by the National Institutes ... targeting specific neurons in the brain’s fear center, an area called the amygdala, involved in processing emotions ...