The new research suggests there is a link between lower resting heart rate and an elevated risk of criminality and unintentional injuries among female conscripts. In women, a low resting heart rate is ...

The autonomic nervous system (ANS) has two branches. The parasympathetic nervous system (PNS) branch slows the body down. PNS dominance elicits a relaxation response, whereas activating the ...

The locus coeruleus is a region of the brain that is instrumental in coordinating our mental processing and is the primary source of noradrenaline in the brain, which acts to regulate arousal states ...

When we listen to a moving piece of music or feel the gentle pulse of a haptic vibration, our bodies react before we consciously register the feeling. The heart may quicken, palms may sweat resulting ...