Research has shown that a brain circuit involving leptin helps mice execute vital behaviors even when anxious.

About 12 years ago, the movie "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" depicted the push-pull between accepting disappointing real-life experiences and conflating them into imaginary ones. And a 2017 YouTube ...

Perfectionism is at once idealistic and cynical. On the one hand, it entails a childlike imagination, with detailed visions of utopias. On the other, a total disenchantment with life. Some of us can ...

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We have had kids peed on, punched in the face, have had objects thrown directly at them," said Modesto teacher Juli Smith.