Researchers have discovered how specific brain circuits process empathy, showing that witnessing others in pain activates the ...

The lack of daylight hours during the winter can throw off our circadian rhythm – this is the pattern our bodies follow in a ...

Empathy—the ability to share and understand the emotions of others—is a cornerstone of human social interactions. When we ...

Try light therapy if you're fighting fatigue from the time change or struggling with seasonal depression. Here's how it works ...

For roughly 5% of adults, seasonal change comes with more than discomfort or melancholy. Seasonal affective disorder is a form of depression with symptoms like sadness, tearfulness, loss of interest, ...

Affective forecasting, also known as hedonic forecasting, is predicting how you will feel in the future. Researchers had long examined the idea of making predictions about the future, but ...

Even though we have turned the corner and the sun is setting later, for some people, spring can feel a long way off. As ...

Major depressive disorder with seasonal patterns, also known as seasonal affective disorder, causes symptoms similar to ...