Connections with a pet support mental health. How do emotional support animals help manage symptoms of mental illnesses and how does the brain react to this connection?
Emotional support animals: A life- (and brain-) changing bond
Falling back into old habits? Stress could be to blame!
New work in mice reveals that stress dials back the ability to make thoughtful decisions and shifts the brain towards an “autopilot” mode that favors habits.
The curious tale of epigenetics: How do genes change during our lives?
Genes may not be the only thing parents are passing down to you.
Your brain on burnout: how your brain changes when you burnout
Burnout has been a popular topic of discussion over the last few years, but do you know what’s going on in your brain when you experience burnout?
Meowza, that scared me!
Peeking inside a mouse’s head to understand PTSD
A Calming Presence
How do social interactions help us through stress?
Stressing Yourself Sick: The Impact of Stress on the Gut
How does stress affect the health and function of your gut?
Forgetting, remembering, and stress
How is memory affected by stress? It all comes down to timing.
Healing in Nature
How the outdoors can improve mental health
Stressed Out
Stress early in life can change how the brain reacts to more stress later
Your (Baby’s) Brain on Hurricanes
How natural disasters are helping scientists forecast the effects of stress during pregnancy
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