Increasing time spent sleeping immediately following a traumatic event can help to significantly reduce the effects of trauma.
People with a variation of the DRD2 gene are more resilient to the effects of sleep deprivation when completing tasks that require cognitive flexibility, a new study reports.
Study reveals high-potency cannabis does not impact decision-making performance but does affect memory in relation to free recall, source memory, and false memories.
Chronic insomniacs who pull an all-nighter perform twice as bad on reaction time tests as normal sleepers who forgo a night's sleep.
The COVID-19 pandemic has had a significant impact on stress in both pregnant and postpartum women. Researchers say this is concerning as prenatal stress can hamper fetal brain development.
A new study will look at how sleep deprivation affects cognitive flexibility and cognitive processing on a neurobiological level.
Cortisol levels associated with stress are reduced after interacting with cats and dogs, researchers report.
Vaping cannabis products with rich THC content leads to drug-seeking behaviors in animal models.
Sleep loss does not numb a person's response to emotional situations, but it can result in difficulties in regulating emotional response.
A new Psychopharmacology study adds to evidence that chronic cannabis use is associated with reduced stress reactivity. Researchers say cannabis could be beneficial in conferring resilience to stress, especially in those with heightened emotional reactivity to stressful situations.
Astrocytes could be as important as neurons when it comes to regulating sleep.
People with OCD reported a reduction in the symptoms within four hours of smoking cannabis, a new study reports.
