Add another downside of lighting up to the list. The risks of smoking are well-documented, from the fact that a single ...

Cannabis and tobacco—whether used on their own or together—can affect the brain's structure. A recent study involving ...

How does the brain choose between fight, flight, or freeze? Tulane University scientists have discovered the neural pathways ...

In 1995, author Daniel Goleman coined the term “amygdala hijack”–an idea that has subsequently appeared in countless blogs, self-help books, and videos. According to this idea, a part of the brain ...

Research finds cannabis and tobacco use linked to increased brain volume loss and emotional disruption.

Fear is a normal and important human feeling that is capable of making us perceive danger and react fast to any threat. The fear of heights, spiders, or even speaking in front of an audience are ...

A Dartmouth study challenges the conventional view that the amygdala-the two-sided structure deep in the brain involved in emotion, learning, and decision making-is simply the brain's primitive "fear ...

If you’ve ever assigned a special ringtone to a crush, you know the instant hit of dopamine that occurs the instant it goes off. You might also know the feeling when another ringtone goes off for a ...