Our brain is always there. From birth, and even prenatally, it is exposed to the environment. How does the brain react to that? The brain shows spontaneous or intrinsic activity that seems to remain ...

The ability to synchronize brain activity with others may serve as a protective shield against the psychological fallout of ...

Trauma doesn’t always end when the danger is over. For many, the body and brain remain locked in survival mode, long after the traumatic event has passed. This is the painful reality of post-traumatic ...

As the United States reflects on the 50th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War this year, researchers from UC Davis and UC San Francisco have uncovered major insight into the trauma and ...

Traumatic events and experiences overwhelm our ability to cope and integrate our experience. Complex trauma is a specific type of trauma that involves multiple or repeated traumatic experiences, often ...

Flying a fighter jet is often compared to being in a car crash over and over again. Retired Navy F/A-18 Hornet pilot Matthew “Whiz” Buckley, a TOPGUN graduate and former instructor, remembers being ...

Trauma is a part of the human experience. Recent studies have shown that over 70% of adults have experienced a traumatizing event at some point in their lives, and many are still reckoning with the ...

Nearly one in five of the 2.5 million veterans who served in Iraq and Afghanistan sustained at least one traumatic brain ...

Trauma can affect anyone, from those who were at the scene to journalists. Multiple shootings in recent days have renewed attention on gun violence in the United States as at least 10 people in ...

A University of Alabama at Birmingham expert unpacks the complexities of PTSD, its impact on the brain and sleep, and how individuals can navigate emotional and cognitive challenges through treatment.