Scientists have used a specially engineered virus to help track the brain changes caused by psilocybin in mice, revealing how ...

Past work from Cornell professor Alex Kwan and his team showed that psilocybin can increase the brain’s structural plasticity ...

With growing interest in using psychedelic drugs to treat mental health disorders, researchers have explored the effects of a psychedelic derivative of amphetamine on rat brains. They wanted to see ...

An international collaboration led by Cornell researchers used a combination of psilocybin and the rabies virus to map ...

In this #1 New York Times bestseller, Dr. Bessel van der Kolk provides an insightful and groundbreaking exploration of trauma's effects on the body and brain. Drawing from decades of research, he ...

That mental merry-go-round of “what ifs” and “should haves” isn’t just annoying. It’s actually rewiring your brain as you read this sentence. Overthinking – that relentless mental chewing on problems ...

I'm excited to share that in a 2024 study by the National Institute of Mental Health, researchers tracked the brain activity of children diagnosed with clinical anxiety. Before treatment, their scans ...

According to the researchers: Childhood brain topology reaches a turning point at age 9, transitioning to the adolescent phase. The adolescent phase lasts right up to age 32, on average. In the early ...

Anxiety is a physiological response to stress that manifests as a feeling of dread or worry. You can retrain your nervous system to mitigate the effects of anxiety by practicing deep breathing, cold ...

Frustration and impatience: not mentally railing at the car in front of you at the red light, not needing to know right now what your partner or boss found out about X, not rushing when making dinner, ...