For those with PTSD, a stressor linked to a memory of a harrowing, traumatic event produces a grave sense of danger or fear — inducing a pronounced fight-or-flight response.

Perineuronal nets are honeycomb-like structures that stabilize synapses and surround the cell bodies and dendrites of some neuron populations.

A flow state can occur during a period of intense focus, absence of worrying, high responsiveness, and dissipation of self-consciousness.

We move our bodies to act upon our choices every day — but how do our bodies coordinate all these movements?

Sleep is a reversable state of low mobility and reduced responsiveness to external stimuli.

You can hear a lot of different noises in a busy coffee shop. But how do we distinguish one sound from the next?

Successful skateboarding requires small body adjustments and a lot of persistence. But how does practice enhance our “muscle memory”?

Déjà vu is a feeling of experiencing a past situation in the present. This feeling may occur when your mind associates similarities between current and previous events.

Many people are surrounded by music throughout much of their everyday lives. What’s happening in our brains as we’re listening to music?

Where do love ballads and beautiful poetry come from? What about the fear of heights and spiders? It’s all in the brain! In this lesson, explore the wonders of emotions and the brain with your students.