Have you ever felt a chill run down your spine while watching someone else in distress? This phenomenon, known as vicarious ...

In the anxious brain— whether through overexcitability of the stress response system, the activity of various neurochemicals, impairments in nerve circuitry, or inactivation of specific cell ...

This map is organized in ... especially in individuals with anxiety disorders. It’s difficult to assign a clear function to the network because fMRI data can only establish a correlation between ...

A growing body of research shows that the adult brain is far more adaptable than we once believed. The concept of ...

Combined, these sensory bodily systems provide a road map for your brain, helping you ... having difficulty with day-to-day activities can lead to worsened anxiety. Because children begin to ...

Researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine have made promising advances in understanding how to reduce anxiety through ... could ...

And in post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), research suggests that areas of the brain that inhibit the activity of the amygdala (such as the ventral medial prefrontal cortex) are themselves less ...