Chronic stress affects the immune system and the brain. Researchers now show that a particular enzyme found in cells of the immune system enters the brain under stress. In mice, it causes them to ...

An analysis of hundreds of images from several studies shows how hallucinogenic drugs drive activity in various regions of ...

A short burst of stress—like the jolt of energy you feel when the car ahead of you jams on the brakes—can be helpful. It’s ...

Why do stressful moments so often push people toward habits like drinking? A new study from Texas A&M University offers one ...

When you're stressed at work, your brain doesn't want complexity; it wants a simple mental lifeline like "cognitive chunking" ...

When active, gratitude and empathy circuits in the brain help to suppress stress pathways, and the more you use them the more accessible they become in the future. Meditation has become a hot topic in ...

While feeling the stress helped, what separated the people who lasted from those who stopped wasn't simply how intense the stress felt—it was how the brain's control network handled it, the ...