This matters. Pain isn’t just a fleeting signal; it can shape long-term brain development. Earlier studies have shown that ...

New research suggests that premature babies and even full-term newborns experience pain very differently than adults do.

Far from being lofty abstract ideals, our sense of right and wrong is woven into our biology. Modern neuroscience reveals that our brains literally reward us for treating others fairly and for placing ...

Disruption to dopamine homeostasis during brain development has been implicated in a variety of neuropsychiatric disorders, including depression and schizophrenia. Inappropriate expression or activity ...

The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts. Today’s piece is by Begüm Babür, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences.

I am a social psychology researcher, and research my colleagues and I have conducted shows that rejection can serve as a learning signal – shaping how people navigate relationships and decide whom to ...

ABSTRACT: This paper revisits the relations between trauma, repression, foreclosure, and neurodevelopmental disorders from a longitudinal perspective. We propose that failures in symbolization, a ...

When people were left out of a simple virtual ball-tossing game, their brain activity mirrored the response to physical pain, showing activation of a brain region called the anterior cingulate cortex.