Fear response to traumatic or threatening situations helps us evade or escape danger. At the same time fear response is learned in the form of association between stimulus or situation and the ...
Rather than a single hyperactive area causing emotional instability, recent research points to network-wide communication. Scientists found that neuroticism involves tight connections between the ...
Increasing physical fitness leads to a larger release of BDNF and better prefrontal cortex activity after a single session of exercise.
A study published in Nature on August 6, 2025, found that lithium is the only metal significantly depleted in the prefrontal ...
The brain may organize emotions like locations on a map, revealing a hidden system that helps people interpret changing feelings.