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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A Healthy Brain Supports a Healthy Mind

Neglecting to take care of yourself and your surroundings can negatively affect your brain, which can make it harder to steady your mental health.

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Understanding the Neurobiological Impacts of Child Poverty

Learn about the impacts that child poverty has on the developing brain with data from the fields of psychology, neuroscience, and public health epidemiology.

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The Neurobiology of Family Separation

The prolonged stress a child experiences by being separated from their parents has lasting implications for their mental health and the generations after them.

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Answering Your Questions on Socioeconomics and Its Impact on the Developing Brain

How does growing up less fortunate impact the brain and how can educators help their students overcome this obstacle?

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21 min

Schools are an Important Context for Work to Reduce the Impact of Poverty

How can educators help ease the effects of common negative experiences facing students from poor socioeconomic backgrounds?

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Addressing Potential Stigma of Socioeconomic Status

While differences in brain size based on socioeconomic status could be considered stigmatizing, the brain is quite adaptable and plastic.

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Research Suggests Poverty Impacts Neurobiology

Growing up in poverty can negatively impact developing brain regions like the hippocampus and prefrontal cortex and, in turn, increases the risks of developing behavioral and learning problems.

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The Brain Is Impacted by Experience and is Still Developing After Birth

Both stressful situations and a lack of resources can physically change the adult brain, which raises concerns of how living in poverty could negatively affect children, whose brains are still developing.

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16 min

Poverty is Prevalent and Marked by Numerous Threats to Child Development

Learn about the prevalence of poverty in the US and its threats to childhood development.

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16 min

How Artificial Intelligence is Shaping Personalized Mental Health Care

AI programs assist clinicians in surfacing signs of depression through patient data.

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Finding the Truth Behind Funny

Studying the science behind laughter reveals that the best laughs usually have nothing to do with great jokes.

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Answering Your Questions About Solitary Confinement

Experts in neuroscience and the law answer questions about solitary confinement and how it affects the brain.

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