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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The Neuroscience of Violence Again

Research to understand and cure disease is widely appreciated, but there is a larger unmet need to understand the neuroscience of violence.

Why Too Much Stress Is Bad For You

Its supposed to help keep your body healthy in stressful situations. But the constant stress of our everyday lives means we're getting overexposed to cortisol.

American Chemical Society
3 min

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

What is research uncovering about this anxiety disorder?

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The Neuroscience of Violence

We are on the brink of a new understanding of the neuroscience of violence. Like detectives slipping a fiber optic camera under a door, neuroscientists insert a fiber optic microcamera into the brain of an experimental animal and watch the neural circuits of rage respond during violent behavior.

Catharine Young: How Memories Form and How We Lose Them

Think back to a really vivid memory. Got it? Now try to remember what you had for lunch three weeks ago. That second memory probably isn’t as strong—but why not?

TED
4 min

Marijuana Use Causes 7 Fold Increased Risk of Violent Behavior

New research reported in the journal Psychological Medicine, concludes that continued use of cannabis causes violent behavior as a direct result of changes in brain function that are caused by smoking marijuana over many years.

Shedding Light on Seasonal Affective Disorder

For people with seasonal affective disorder, the changing seasons can make them sadder than most, to the point of depression. Why does this happen? And what can we do about it?

American Chemical Society
4 min

Feeling Our Way: The Challenge of Studying Emotion and the Brain

While scientists are learning how important emotional input is to nearly every aspect of cognition, behavior, and disease, understanding how that works is a tangled puzzle.

The Dana Foundation

No Fear: The Brain of Patient SM

One woman with a rare disease taught scientists about fear, by being fearless.

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8 min

People Behind the Science: Julie Brefczynski-Lewis

The neuroscientist and professor discusses finding calm in the world of stress research.

People Behind the Science
32 min

How Stress Affects Your Brain

Chronic stress can cause significant changes to your brain.

TED
4 min

Fear and the Brain

Boo! What happens in the brain when we are frightened?

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