Everyday Skills Protect the Developing Brain from Prenatal Stress

Summary: Building strong adaptive skills in early childhood, such as communication and self-care, can shield a child’s brain from the long-term impact of prenatal stress. Researchers used Superstorm Sandy as…

Stress Shift: From Alarm Mode to Reflection in 60 Minutes

Summary: True psychological resilience isn’t about how “tough” you are in the heat of the moment—it’s about how your brain reorganizes itself once the danger has passed. A groundbreaking study…

Memory Rewritten: Study Finds No Clear Line Between Episodic and Semantic Retrieval

Summary: A new study into how different parts of memory work in the brain has shown that the same brain areas are involved in retrieving different types of information. The…