The Neurobiology of Grief

Mary francis' new book explains the research undertaken to understand grief. What has research taught us about how grief impacts our brains and our bodies? The death of a loved one, it's not just a stressful life event. But it isn't just like surviving an earthquaker or being robbedThe biology of grief teaches us that first there is the incoding of your loved one in the brain,. That is what causes the feelings of loss when a loved one dies. And so then when the person is gone, when they've died, it really is like a piece of us are gone as well.