Neuroscientists find that isolation provokes brain activity similar to that seen during hunger cravings.

Textual analysis of social media posts finds users’ anxiety and suicide-risk levels are rising, among other negative trends.

Researchers are working toward intelligent machines that can sense cognitive fatigue and suggest interventions to help a human improve performance.

New analysis could help uncover potential drug targets for attention deficits and sensory hypersensitivity.

Survey from the Saxe Lab aims to measure the toll of social isolation during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Using magnetic nanoparticles, scientists stimulate the adrenal gland in rodents to control release of hormones linked to stress.

CCI and Takeda collaborate on a theoretical approach leveraging networks of people and machines in support of individuals experiencing depression.

The same neurons responsible for encoding reward also form new memories to suppress fearful ones.

Design principles from robotics help researchers decipher elements controlling mental processes in the brain.

Clumps of amyloid protein emerge early in deep regions, such as the mammillary body, and march outward in the brain along specific circuits.