Countless parents across the country recently dropped their kids off at college for the first time. This transition can stir a whirlwind of feelings: the heartache of parting, sadness over a ...
When we watch someone move, get injured, or express emotion, our brain doesn’t just see it—it partially feels it. Researchers ...
Countless parents across the country recently dropped their kids off at college for the first time. This transition can stir a whirlwind of feelings: the heartache of parting, sadness over a ...
Social feedback shapes human behavior and self-perception in profound ways. New research suggests that the personality trait ...
Researchers have discovered how inferred emotions are learned. The study shows that the frontal part of the brain coordinates with the amygdala -- a brain region important for simple forms of ...
A new study suggests that the brain uses distinct neural pathways to process different aspects of personal well-being. The research indicates that evaluating family relationships activates specific ...
A newly identified part of a brain circuit mixes sensory information, memories, and emotions to tell whether things are familiar or new, and important or just "background noise." Led by researchers ...
Scientists have discovered a brain circuit that gives pain its emotional sting, explaining why some hurts linger as suffering. The breakthrough challenges our beliefs about how we process pain and may ...
Imagine the brain as an atlas of possibilities and risks. Genetic variants linked to depression affect its shape, subtly ...
Warmth and cold shape body awareness, emotions, and mental health in ways science is only starting to understand.
USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences and University of Southern California provide funding as members of The Conversation US. Countless parents across the country recently dropped their ...
Countless parents across the country recently dropped their kids off at college for the first time. This transition can stir a whirlwind of feelings: the heartache of parting, sadness over a ...