Stress, the body's natural response to different types of challenges and daily problems, is an inherently harmless state experienced by most people worldwide. While short-term stress is a common ...

The Brain & Behavior Research Foundation (BBRF) today announced the 2026 class of 180 Young Investigator grantees, providing more than $12.5 million in two-year funding to early-career scientists ...

Statistics suggest that the size of families in many countries is shrinking and a growing number of parents worldwide either willingly or unwillingly end up only having one child. While many ...

A comprehensive analysis of nearly 1,000 individuals reveals that while brain structure, function, and behavior can all predict a person's biological sex, an individual's degree of sex typicality in ...

People diagnosed with various mental health disorders can sometimes start engaging in intense political behavior, such as violent protests, civil disobedience and the aggressive expression of ...

Scientists have uncovered a striking brain difference linked to psychopathy: people with psychopathic traits were found to have a striatum — a brain region tied to reward, motivation, and ...

Individuals with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and those with autism spectrum disorder both experience atypical ...

When the body runs low on protein, the gut sends powerful signals to the brain that reshape cravings and push animals to seek essential amino acids instead of sugar. Researchers say this newly ...

Researchers have found that a hijacks brain circuit, which to drive increasingly rigid and ...

We make decisions constantly—from the moment we open our eyes to the moment we fall asleep. Some are so small we hardly notice them: coffee or tea, sweater or jacket, reply now or later. Others feel ...