Guilt and shame arise from different cognitive triggers and rely on distinct neural systems to guide compensatory behavior.

A recent study published in Psychology of Sport & Exercise has found that long-term engagement in competitive athletics is ...

What if we could peer into the brain and watch how it organizes information as we act, perceive, or make decisions? A new ...

Rutgers researchers found that the distribution of neural timescales across the cortex plays a crucial role in how ...

New brain research reveals how guilt and shame shape moral behavior, showing why guilt promotes repair while shame often ...

Q: My husband and I usually make a few resolutions for the new year. This year, I skipped it because I never follow through, and I wind up feeling bad about myself. My husband did OK for about a month ...

Researchers have identified a promising new strategy for treating alcohol use disorder (AUD). A novel study found that the dopamine-boosting drug tolcapone increases activity in the prefrontal cortex ...

New research suggests that the way brain networks reorganize moment-to-moment predicts autism severity. Children who spent ...

For decades, schizophrenia and bipolar disorder have been diagnosed from the outside in, through behavior, mood, and memory ...

Stanford Medicine investigators have replicated, in a lab dish, one of the most prominent human nervous pathways for sensing pain. This nerve circuit transmits sensations from the body’s skin to the ...