You may use defense mechanisms to help protect you from stress, but they can be both helpful and harmful. Recognizing defense ...

Understand these self-protective psychological processes. Defense mechanisms are psychological processes that someone unconsciously engages in to avoid discomfort, and there are several specific types ...

Shifting focus on a visual scene without moving our eyes - think driving, or reading a room for the reaction to your joke - is a behavior known as covert attention. We do it all the time, but little ...

Non-immune cells play a crucial and often underappreciated role in host defense against invading pathogens. Beyond serving as passive physical barriers, ...

Immunofluorescence image showing GPX4 (red cells), NRAS (green cells) and NRAS/GPX4 (yellow cells) in mouse. [Mariantonietta D’Ambrosio, MRC Laboratory of Medical Sciences] Scientists headed by a team ...

A new study reveals that tarantulas are often on friendly terms with amphibians, reptiles, and even army ants, which are known to feed on spiders. The researchers suggest that the dense hair covering ...