Researchers have discovered how specific brain circuits process empathy, showing that witnessing others in pain activates the ...

The lack of daylight hours during the winter can throw off our circadian rhythm – this is the pattern our bodies follow in a ...

A research team has uncovered key insights into how the brain processes others' distress. Using miniature endoscopic calcium imaging, the researchers identified specific neural ensembles in the ...

Affective forecasting, also known as hedonic forecasting, is predicting how you will feel in the future. Researchers had long examined the idea of making predictions about the future, but ...

For roughly 5% of adults, seasonal change comes with more than discomfort or melancholy. Seasonal affective disorder is a form of depression with symptoms like sadness, tearfulness, loss of interest, ...

Even though we have turned the corner and the sun is setting later, for some people, spring can feel a long way off. As ...

Major depressive disorder with seasonal patterns, also known as seasonal affective disorder, causes symptoms similar to ...