"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." PAYING ATTENTION TO your surroundings is a natural instinct. It’s what helps you feel safe. But, when you ...

Your brain is designed to be aware of potential dangers in your surroundings. It's how early humans survived. Sensing the presence of predators or other threats helped them stay safe. But our brains ...

Being attentive to your surroundings and aware of your environment is a good thing: Knowing what’s around you keeps you safe. Being alert as you walk home after dark may help you avoid danger. Being ...

“I have no words to describe what it is like to be a teacher right now.” That is what I tweeted at the end of a day earlier this month, sitting on the couch while COVID-19 cases surged everywhere. As ...

Hypervigilance is the state of being on high alert for any potential threats to the status quo. It’s a type of paranoia about perceived danger and risk around you. While being vigilant about these ...

“I should stress again that these are smart people, who were in general more polite than the journalists who reluctantly take my calls most weeks. And that, I think, is the point here. The contestants ...

Increased esophageal hypervigilance and anxiety were associated with worse post-treatment symptoms and poor quality of life in patients with achalasia, a rare esophageal motility disorder, according ...