Aggression and self-harm often co-occur in individuals with a history of early-life trauma—a connection that has largely been documented by self-reporting in research and clinical settings. Adding to ...

Research has revealed that the brain uses entirely different neural pathways for “social laughter”—laughter used to respond to a superior’s joke in the workplace—and “genuine laughter” that erupts ...

There is a popular idea that you must “find” yourself. As if you are somewhere outside, waiting to be found. But how can you be lost if you are reading this? If you’ve ever struggled with lack of ...

Virginia Tech scientist Sora Shin (right) of the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC and postdoctoral associate Jane Jung found that early-life trauma changes a brain circuit linked to both ...