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·October 28, 2023·4 min read

The Two Faces of Stress: Nurturing Resilience and Recognizing Overload

Stress, a reaction to demands, isn't universally negative; it has its benefits. The positive side, eustress, can foster well-being and resilience.

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·March 15, 2021·5 min read

Epigenetic Mechanism Contributing to Lifelong Stress Susceptibility Discovered

Early life stress induces epigenetic modifications in D2-type medium spiny neurons in the nucleus accumbens, increasing the susceptibility to stress in adulthood.

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·March 26, 2021·5 min read

Want a Longer, Healthier Life? Resolve Your Arguments by Day’s End

Resolving arguments on the day they occur helps reduce and improves overall wellbeing, researchers report.

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·August 20, 2014·3 min read

Maturing Brain Flips Function of Amygdala in Regulating Stress Hormones

According to a new study, the amygdala has an inhibitory effect on cortisol during early development of nonhuman primates.

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·February 28, 2018·4 min read

How the Temperature of Your Nose Shows How Much Strain You Are Under

Facial temperature, specifically the temperature above the sinuses, rises as cognitive demands increase, researchers report.

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·September 30, 2015·2 min read

Infants Resort to Habits When Stressed

A new study reports that it's not just adults who resort to habits when under stress, infants do too. Additionally, less cognitive flexibility children have due to stress could impact their acquisition of knowledge.

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·September 15, 2016·4 min read

What Causes Mass Panic in Emergency Situations?

Researchers investigate how crowds behave in moments of stress.

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·April 3, 2020·4 min read

Stress thwarts ability to plan ahead by disrupting how we use memory

Stress generates lower levels of activity in the hippocampus and frontal-parietal lobe networks, hindering the ability to make certain decisions and plan ahead.

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·September 13, 2012·3 min read

Stress Breaks Loops that Hold Short-Term Memory Together

By watching individual neurons at work, a group of psychologists at the University of Wisconsin-Madison has revealed just how stress can addle the mind, as well as how neurons in the brain's prefrontal cortex help remember information in the first place.

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·August 25, 2015·3 min read

Inheriting Trauma: Holocaust Survivors Pass Trauma to Their Children’s Genes

A new study reports preconception trauma can result in the transmission of epigenetic changes from the parent to children.

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·January 16, 2016·4 min read

Childhood Depression and Altered Brain Connectivity Linked to Poverty

A new study finds differences in brain connectivity between children who grow up in poverty and those who grow up in more affluent settings.

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·April 25, 2025·5 min read

Only Children Face Unique Struggles as Parental Caregivers

As single-child families rise in the U.S., more adults are navigating the intense responsibility of caregiving without the support of siblings. A new study reveals that only children experience greater emotional and financial stress when caring for aging parents, and support from friends or extended family doesn't offer the same relief it does for those with siblings.

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