Chronic stress weakens the brain’s ability to process sounds, requiring louder stimuli to trigger normal responses, according to new research in mice.

Chronic stress does more than just affect mood—it may actually change the way we hear. Researchers found that stressed mice ...

Researchers identified two brain areas in mice that helped the animals learn to suppress their instinctive fears of predators ...

While stress is an unfortunate fact of modern life, scientists are still learning how it affects us. Chronic stress, in ...

After a week of stress, mice show changes in how their brains process sound, reducing how well they perceive loud noises, ...

While it is known that stress impacts learning and decision-making, Dr. Jennifer Resnik of the university’s Department of ...

Overthinking and overwhelm are common challenges, but a simple and powerful technique can help: the brain dump.

In World War II, the physician Henry Beecher observed that some of his soldier patients, despite being injured on the ...

Many people struggle with brain fog, mental fatigue, or poor stress resilience. They also might feel the burden of anxiety ...

A groundbreaking study suggests that IBS might be more of a brain issue than a gut disorder. Researchers found that ...

If you aren’t a good listener when you’re stressed, you aren’t alone. Mice aren’t either.

Stephen Blakeston, 53 when he died, began experiencing troubling symptoms in October 2010, including jumbled speech, severe ...