The preliminary study suggested that young people with weaker connections between two brain areas involved in both attending to and regulating responses to anxiety were more likely to benefit from a ...

Young adults with high social anxiety show heightened activity in the brain's visual processing areas. These neural changes explain their high alertness to social threats and offer a physical marker ...

There’s a surprising common thread in the anxious brain—and it may have to do with what’s on your plate.

Combining data from two types of brain scans significantly improved predictions of future anxiety in teens. Kids who were shy or cautious as babies showed different brain patterns tied to future ...

We know that football players and boxers have brain damage from repeated blows. Now brain research reveals chronic job stress causes brain damage and tips to protect it.

As humans grow older, their emotional stability and sleep patterns can change significantly. For instance, some past studies ...

People who hate math now have a good reason: It hurts. New research shows that math actually equals pain for some, in the brain at least. Comparing the brain scans of people with math anxiety with ...

Biologically speaking, there is no organ as vital or complex as the brain. And yet, the brain still remains somewhat a of a mystery-there’s a lot that even experts don’t know. Another troubling fact ...

Gamers might soon be able to scan their brains using specialized commercial headphones to get midmatch snapshots of mental performance. David Lumb is a senior reporter covering mobile and gaming ...