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Substance use during pregnancy and postpartum may impact areas of the brain associated with what psychologists and neuroscientists call "affective empathy," or the emotional response experienced as a result of others' emotions, ...
Apr 25, 2024
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When exposed to stress, people with alcohol use disorder engage parts of the brain associated with both stress and addiction, which may cause them to drink or crave alcohol after a stressful experience, suggest the authors ...
Apr 23, 2024
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Mount Sinai researchers, in collaboration with scientists at The Rockefeller University, have uncovered a mechanism in the brain that allows cocaine and morphine to take over natural reward processing systems. Published online ...
Apr 18, 2024
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Picture this: You want to take a walk to your favorite ice cream parlor for the first time after winter. You can probably remember how to get there. How does our brain guide us to such rewarding places? In a study recently ...
Apr 17, 2024
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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. While prior research has ...
Apr 17, 2024
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Can you remember a time when you felt stressed leading up to a big life event and then afterwards felt like a weight had been lifted? This process—the ramping up of the stress response and then feeling this settle back down—shows ...
Apr 16, 2024
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Over the course of their lives, humans build subjective internal models outlining the associations between specific environmental stimuli and rewards that could be gained from interacting with them. These experience-based ...
Many psychiatric illnesses are related to stress. Negative experiences in childhood can often affect how we deal with stress later in life. But what biological processes are involved? A study recently published in the journal ...
Apr 9, 2024
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Ever want to scream during a particularly bad day, but then manage not to? Thank the human brain and how it regulates emotions, which can be critical for navigating everyday life. As we perceive events unfolding around us, ...
Apr 3, 2024
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Teenagers are known for their sometimes-unpredictable behavior. One moment they're mature and clear-thinking, and the next they're irrational or engaging in risky behavior. Neurologically speaking, they can't help it, though ...
Apr 2, 2024
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