The Stress Spectrum is described as positive, tolerable, and toxic. It refers to the stress response system's effects on the body, not the actual stressful experiences or events. Understanding the ...

Learning in the Autonomic Nervous System It has long been assumed that body functions such as heartbeat and intestinal contraction were involuntary and could not be influenced by learning. Recent ...

Viren Jain is a senior staff research scientist at Google Research, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, California, and leads the Connectomics at Google team. Can a computer be programmed to ...

The sea lamprey looks like it’s from another planet, but this ancient creature has a surprising amount in common with humans Olivia Ferrari Sea lampreys have large neurons and synapses, making them ...