What causes brain freeze, this miserable spoiler of frozen desserts? The answer is simple: survival instinct. When humans eat something very cold, blood vessels in the roof of the mouth (also known as ...

As for why it happens, Bayramyan tells me that a functional freeze occurs when the brain's stress response system perceives a situation as overwhelming or inescapable. “The functional freeze ...

A worrying amount of people say they’re struggling with the freeze response, reporting feeling trapped in a state of constant brain fog. Here’s everything you need to know. Be honest ...