Inside the Fear Lab: EEG and Wearables Decode How the Brain and Body React to Immersive Terror
By combining EEG, heart rate variability, and skin conductance in a responsive semi-immersive environment, researchers have mapped how brain and ...
Tag: Autonomic Nervous System
Nerve Block Pathway Linked to Sharper Cuts in Sleep Medication Use
A retrospective cohort study found that adults with chronic insomnia and anxiety symptoms who received a stellate ganglion block-based care ...
Scientists Discover a Molecular Repulsion System That Keeps Blood Pressure in Check
A new Nature Communications study shows that the axonal guidance molecule EphrinA4 in arterial smooth muscle cells repels sympathetic nerves ...
Sleepless and Stuck in Fear: Insomnia Disrupts the Brain’s Ability to Let Go of Threat
A new PLOS Mental Health study shows that people with insomnia disorder show impaired fear extinction learning and recall, a ...
From Deep Brain Stimulation Dreams to Watching Newborn Brains: The Unlikely Path of a Neonatal Physiologist
Harvard pediatric researcher John Sunwoo transformed an early ambition to reverse-engineer the brain into a career using diffuse correlation spectroscopy ...
The Heart’s Hidden Record: What HRV Reveals Years After Preterm and Low-Birth-Weight Births
A new meta-analysis of 27 studies finds that heart rate variability differences after hospital discharge are condition-specific and age-dependent, with ...
Adolescent Hearts Grow More Predictable: Study Maps Hidden Rhythms of Childhood
A new cross-sectional study of 64 healthy children and adolescents shows that heart rate rhythms become more regular and less ...
$4 Million NIH Grant Targets Lingering Gut Symptoms When Colitis Inflammation Fades
A $4 million NIH-funded five-year study led by UCLA Health and Mount Sinai will investigate why IBS-like symptoms persist in ...
Music Before and After Breast Surgery Calms Anxiety in Chinese Patients, Study Finds
A prospective observational study at Guangzhou Concord Cancer Center found that nurse-delivered therapeutic music listening significantly reduced peri-operative anxiety in ...
Forests calm the heart, birdsong soothes the nervous system, study finds
A randomized experiment with 95 college students shows that forest landscapes lower heart rate and birdsong raises heart rate variability ...
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Mothers who receive childcare support from maternal grandparents show more parental warmth, finds NTU Singapore study
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University of Seville Breaks 120-Year-Old Mystery, Revises a Key Einstein Concept
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Bee body mass, pathogens and local climate influence heat tolerance
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Researchers record first-ever images and data of a shark experiencing a boat strike
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Groundbreaking Clinical Trial Reveals Lubiprostone Enhances Kidney Function
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