Every other Friday, the Outside/In team answers one listener question about the natural world. This week, Monica in West Hartford, CT asked, “We’ve all heard the phrase, ‘take a deep breath,’ and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The concept of nervous system regulation may sound perplexing; not least of all because it’s often brought up in the same breath ...

The sympathetic nervous system, which helps your heart and other vital organs function all the time, increases activity in response to danger or stress, preparing the body for extra demands. Stress is ...

New research on heart rate variability suggests that composure isn’t a personality trait. It’s a physiological skill the nervous system can train—one that may determine who thrives when the stakes are ...

Evidence-based analysis examines EMDR therapy, trauma, addiction, and the role of the nervous system in long-term recovery ...

TThe fundamental unit of the nervous system is the neuron. Individual neurons are connected by synapses to form circuits. Evolution has driven the formation of ever more elaborate circuits to enable ...

Thriveworks reports that a dysregulated nervous system leads to heightened or dulled stress responses, affecting mental and ...

Everyone needs downtime and a break once in a while. Summer is often the perfect opportunity to turn the 'out of office' on, head abroad or to the coast, and switch off from the stresses of everyday ...

With terrifyingly sharp teeth arranged around a circular mouth, lampreys look about as primitive a vertebrate as you could imagine. But a new study finds that the animals have a surprising similarity ...