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Communication between the body and the nervous system is called interoception and it allows the brain to sense internal states, such as hunger, pain, or heart rate. The vagus nerve is an important ...

Pain is easy to understand until it isn’t. A stubbed toe or sprained ankle hurts, but it makes sense because the cause is clear and the pain fades as you heal. But what if the pain didn’t go away?

A new study finds people who report higher stress and higher pain adapt to stress better, suggesting tolerance under stress isn’t the absence of discomfort, but what people do with it.

Imagine finding out your friends hosted a dinner party and didn't invite you, or that you were passed over for a job you were excited about. These moments hurt, and people often describe rejection in ...

University of Michigan (U-M) researchers set out to investigate how the sensation of enjoyable coolness on our skin is signaled to the brain, hypothesizing that there might be an unknown "wiring route ...

Stress in early childhood can rewire how a child’s gut and brain communicate, potentially leading to long‑lasting digestive troubles such as abdominal pain, irritable bowel symptoms, and motility ...