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Social laughter releases endorphins in the brain

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From the University of Turku press release: Finnish and British researchers have revealed how laughter releases endorphins in the human brain. The more opioid receptors the participants had in their brain, the more they laughed… 

Researchers closer to cracking neural code of love

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From the Emory Health Sciences press release: A team of neuroscientists from Emory University’s Silvio O. Conte Center for Oxytocin and Social Cognition has discovered a key connection between areas of the adult female prairie… 

Study examines effect of THC on stress

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From the University of Illinois at Chicago press release: Cannabis smokers often report that they use the drug to relax or relieve stress, but few studies provide clinical evidence of these effects. Now, researchers at the…