Why does extreme danger paralyse some people while others remain calm? Neuroscientists say the answer lies in how the ...

Emotional outbursts and sudden mood shifts are part of various mental health conditions. Learn what drives this dysregulation ...

Climber Alex Honnold is set to scale one of the world's tallest buildings without any ropes or safety nets.

Research investigating the effects of transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) on individuals with depression and ...

The amygdala is a small, almond-shaped structure in the limbic system of our brain, known for its key function in the cascade of events associated with detecting threat. When the thalamus communicates ...

A study on mice identified a group of neurons in the central amygdala region of the brain that display a unique pattern of ...

Alex Honnold's unusually high REM sleep could be the reason why the free-solo climber remains calm in life-threatening heights. Here's what science says.

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.