Aggression and self-harm often co-occur in individuals with a history of early-life trauma—a connection that has largely been documented by self-reporting in research and clinical settings. Adding to ...

A recent study published in Psychology of Sport & Exercise has found that long-term engagement in competitive athletics is linked to reduced aggression in daily life and specific patterns of brain ...

Teens who are lonely and those who experience conflict in their home life are more likely to act aggressively toward peers or ...

For years, compulsive behaviors have been viewed as bad habits stuck on autopilot. But new research in rats found the opposite: inflammation in a key decision-making brain region actually made ...

Virginia Tech scientist Sora Shin (right) of the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC and postdoctoral associate Jane Jung found that early-life trauma changes a brain circuit linked to both ...