Around 70% of women who suffer a sexual assault develop PTSD; now scientists have shown that many of these women show a marked reduction in the usual communication between two important brain areas ...

One potential underlying cause of symptoms in individuals with depression is an emotion- processing bias which causes them to have a stronger response to negative information more so than positive.

A neuroimaging study published in Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging has identified hyperactivity in the superior occipital ...

Sagittal MRI slice with highlighting indicating location of the anterior cingulate cortex (ACC). Source: Geoff B. Hall/CCO 1.0 Public Domain New research sheds light on how an often overlooked area of ...

On the tippy top of McDonald’s list of actions that adversely affect our brain function are gossip and drama. She explains, “Being involved in gossip and drama reduces our ability to focus and think ...

New research shows The amygdala helps choose between competing strategies when rewards are uncertain and decisions get confusing.

Drug addiction carries an extremely high risk of relapse, as cravings can be reignited by minor stimuli even long after one has stopped using. Previously, this phenomenon was attributed to a decline ...

A Dartmouth study challenges the conventional view that the amygdala-the two-sided structure deep in the brain involved in emotion, learning, and decision making-is simply the brain's primitive "fear ...