As a group they process negative emotions surrounding the traumatic event.

It's also probably due to their brains, which don't process emotions as deftly as women's do.

Dr. LeDoux, in his laboratory, began finding ways to study how the brain processes emotions.

Researchers now believe that dreams help us process emotions, consolidate memories, and more.

Researchers know exactly how and where this fear memory is hardwired in the rat's amygdala, a part of the brain that processes emotions.

But he didn't have time to process all the thoughts and emotions roiling under the surface.

This lateralization is also apparent when processing emotions.

If something's amiss, give your child a little bit of time to process his or her emotions before you swoop in with conversation.

"Home needs to be a place where they can process emotions - pain, disappointment, and anxiety - in a healthy way," he says.

The stathmin gene may work on a brain area called the amygdala, which processes emotions including fear.