Comfort Food Shuts Down Chronic Stress

Summary: When faced with prolonged psychological or environmental pressure, humans and animals naturally seek out comfort behaviors to soothe their emotional distress. Among the most universal and immediate strategies is…

Why Some Individuals Adapt to Fear Faster Than Others

Summary: A new study has uncovered the brain circuits responsible for individual differences in how animals adapt to repeated visual threats. Using advanced neural recording and manipulation tools, researchers identified…