A North Carolina State University researcher has created a roadmap to areas of the brain associated with affective aggression in mice. This roadmap may be the first step toward finding therapies for ...

Affective pain leads to inhibition of dopamine neurons decreasing motivation, but it can be restored. Washington University in St. Louis (MI, USA) researchers have uncovered the neuronal circuitry in ...

The investigation of affective states and cognitive bias in animal behaviour has emerged as a critical area of research, shedding light on how emotional states influence decision-making, perception ...

A mouse Purkinje cell injected with fluorescent dye. Source: Cell Centered Database/Wikimedia Researchers at Harvard Medical School recently used state-of-the-art optogenetic methods to investigate ...

A study in China found that altered brain activity in the left precuneus mediates the association between childhood trauma and heightened aggression in adolescents with internet gaming disorder. The ...

Researchers have used magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans that measure blood flow in the brain to better understand why people often become aggressive and violent after drinking alcohol. After only ...

Some otherwise non-aggressive dogs may display fear-induced aggression under stressful conditions. Admittance to an animal shelter is a stressful experience for dogs, and aggression is often used as a ...