Researchers have identified a narrow recovery period in the brain, roughly one hour after a stress event, during which a second natural pulse of the hormone corticosterone can restore disrupted ...

Psychological resilience is often misunderstood as simple "toughness" or an insensitivity to stress. However, true resilience is the brain's capacity to adapt and recover after a stressful event.

High‑resilience individuals (red) showed higher default‑mode activity and lower high‑beta power 60 minutes after stress. Low‑resilience individuals (blue) showed sustained salience‑network activation ...