Research & Articles

Key Brain Activity Absent in Borderline Personality Disorder

Researchers have identified a brain region, the rostro-medial prefrontal cortex, which reacts differently to social rejection in individuals with Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD).

Mindfulness and relaxation techniques boost frontal theta power in the brains of athletes

The findings provide insights into how mindfulness and relaxation interventions can benefit athletes' mental well-being.

These Neurons Are the Reason You Yawn When You See Others Do It, And They Could Help Us Teach Children More Creatively Too

Mirror neurons are essential for the human species. Not only do they allow us to learn by observation and imitation, but they also are essential for the development of empathy and social behaviors.

How the brain rewards pleasurable physical touch

Using optogenetics, neurobiologists traced a stimulating physical touch from the skin all the way to the reward center of the brain for the first time.

World-First Study Identifies Brain Changes Caused by High Blood Pressure

A new study has, for the first time, identified specific brain areas damaged by high blood pressure.

Too much pleasure causes pain

Happiness has been declining precipitously in the West for 30 years, despite better access to healthcare and education and decreases in poverty and violence. Groundbreaking Stanford psychiatrist and a...

'Cyclic sighing' can help breathe away anxiety

There's a growing interest in nonpharmacological ways of helping people regulate their mood. We may be able to identify certain kinds of anxiety that respond substantially to this sim...

Can Cognitive Training Improve Shoot/Don't-Shoot Performance? Evidence from Live Fire Exercises

Recent research suggests that shoot/don't-shoot errors (e.g., commission errors of shooting at nonhostile or unarmed civilians) can be linked to specific cognitive abilities, and these errors could be...