Emotions may reflect the brain’s predictions, not just reactions. Change happens when we stay with an experience long enough ...

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 ...

Researchers find that the amygdala is a sophisticated mediator that chooses between action-based and stimulus-based learning ...

A Dartmouth study challenges the conventional view that the amygdala—the two-sided structure deep in the brain involved in ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Music changes how we feel. Not just emotionally, but biologically. You don’t have to be at a concert to notice it.

Get cut off in rush-hour traffic and you may feel angry for the whole trip, or even snap at a noisy child in the back seat. Get an unexpected smile from that same kid and you may feel like rush hour — ...

Brain scans reveal falling in love floods the brain with dopamine, quiets critical judgment, and later shifts to ...

A new study reveals a connection between early life trauma and adult brain aging. Adults reporting severe childhood stress ...

Like physical pain, your ability to manage emotional pain can vary. But also like physical pain, it helps to have tools to ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Anthony Gianni Vaccaro, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences (THE ...