The Neuroscience of War: What prolonged threat does to the human brain

War is not only fought on battlefields.It is fought in nervous systems. From a neuropsychological perspective, war represents sustained exposure to threat. The human brain is designed to survive danger, but it is not designed to live in it indefinitely. When threat becomes chronic, biology adapts.And those adaptations reshape cognition, emotion, development, and identity. The … Continue reading The Neuroscience of War: What prolonged threat does to the human brain