I’ve been working hard on a proposal for a new book. This involves a lot of sitting and thinking. Since I started working on this project, a strange phenomenon has emerged. I want to clean all the ...
Chronic stress affects the immune system and the brain. Researchers now show that a particular enzyme found in cells of the immune system enters the brain under stress. In mice, it causes them to ...
When you're stressed at work, your brain doesn't want complexity; it wants a simple mental lifeline like "cognitive chunking" ...
A short burst of stress—like the jolt of energy you feel when the car ahead of you jams on the brakes—can be helpful. It’s ...
Why do stressful moments so often push people toward habits like drinking? A new study from Texas A&M University offers one ...
While feeling the stress helped, what separated the people who lasted from those who stopped wasn't simply how intense the stress felt—it was how the brain's control network handled it, the ...
Writing by hand may increase brain connectivity more than typing, readings of student brains suggest
Typing may be faster than writing by hand, but it’s less stimulating for the brain, according to research published Friday in the journal Frontiers in Psychology. After recording the brain activity of ...
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