Emotions, Stress & Anxiety

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The Anatomy of Emotions

It’s hard to describe what an emotion is — let alone how many of them there are or whether everyone experiences the same ones. But we do know this: emotions arise from activity in distinct parts of the brain.

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What Causes Goosebumps?

Goosebumps are part of your body’s reaction to danger. But they can also be caused by great music. Those two experiences are more similar than you might think.

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How Poverty Shapes a Child's Mind and Brain

A growing body of research now shows that poverty changes the way children’s brains develop, shrinking parts of the brain essential for memory, planning, and decision-making.

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National Depression Screening Day

Neuroscience research is advancing what we know about depression, and helping us develop treatments for it.

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Test Stress in Children: Rx with Brain-Friendly Studying

Let's teach kids more effective ways of studying in order to reduce test anxiety.

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Your Brain on Guilt and Shame

Shame and guilt feel awful, but they do serve a good purpose: to make you be a better human.

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Cute Aggression: Why You Want to Squeeze Adorable Creatures

Scientists are trying to figure out why so many of us want to pinch babies’ chubby cheeks and squeeze adorable puppies.

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Procrastination: I’ll Think of a Title Later

Procrastination comes down to a battle between the brain’s emotion and decision-making systems — with emotion often claiming victory.

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Easing Test Anxiety Boosts Low-Income Students' Biology Grades

What if exam grades could be boosted just with a confidence exercise before the exam?

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Fear and Loathing in the Borderlands of the Brain

The junction between the cortex and the brainstem highlights the center of our emotions.

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Becoming Afraid: How Creepy-Crawlies Turn Creepy

We may be hardwired to look at spiders and snakes differently than other critters, but we aren’t born afraid of them.

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To Sleep, Perchance to Be Less Hostile

Sleep deprivation puts the brain on high alert, unable to discern a well-natured grin from a threatening scowl.

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The Parenting Brain

From pregnancy to parenthood, child-rearing shapes the brain.

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