Depressed, anxious, and stuck? Your "lizard brain" may be part of the problem. New research shows how the amygdala helps us ...

Researchers have discovered that neurotransmitters like dopamine and serotonin are released when processing the emotional ...

In an unprecedented new study in the journal Cell Reports, scientists led by the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute have ...

The social part of the brain is in constant contact with the emotional center of the brain, according to scientists at Northwestern University. The new findings confirm what many have long thought ...

The researchers also asked a group of 124 independent participants to express and rate their emotions while watching the same ...

Exposure to a favorite brand of face cream activated a brain region called the posterior ... explanation of how an infant develops emotional bonds with its primary caregiver.

Researchers have uncovered how neurotransmitters in the brain respond to the emotional content of language, shedding light on the intersection of emotion, cognition, and communication.

"Our findings suggest that these chemicals are released in specific areas of the brain when we process the emotional meaning ... director of the institute's Center for Human Neuroscience Research ...