Anxious About Election Results? Here’s What’s Happening in Your Brain as You Wait

If you’re feeling nervous about the looming U.S. election, and results that may take longer than a single day to resolve, you’re not alone.

“I joked with my friends that I wished someone would, like, knock me over the head on election morning and wake me up when the decision is made,” says Kate Sweeny, a professor of psychology at the University of California, Riverside (UCR).