Have you ever wondered why emotions like stress or anger seem to affect your stomach or make your heart race? It's because your heart, gut and brain are intricately connected in a way that shapes your ...

Emotional well-being has a direct impact on heart health. Stress management is one way to help keep your heart happy. We tend to think of the brain and heart as two very separate things — the ...

You may have heard of the mind-body connection: the broad concept that thoughts and feelings, especially those related to stress, can influence physical health. Mohamad Alkhouli, M.D., an ...

Why do we have so many expressions related to the heart? "To pour one's heart out," "A change of heart," "It's with a heavy heart." You can probably think of many more. Collectively, these expressions ...

“Think with your heart” is often dismissed as sentimental nonsense. Yet modern science reveals that the heart is not merely a mechanical pump but an intelligent organ that influences our decisions, ...

The prevalence of congenital heart disease points to the need for a better understanding of how it influences neurodevelopment. New in JNeurosci , Jung-Hoon Kim and Catherine Limperopoulos, from ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Music changes how we feel. Not just emotionally, but biologically. You don’t have to be at a concert to notice it.