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Financial therapy can aid well-being, stability
Researchers are trying to grow this specialized type of counseling
Survey: Most teenagers in legalized states see marijuana marketing on social media
UMass Amherst researcher says more restrictions needed to protect youth
Some hyper-realistic masks more believable than human faces, study suggests
Images of synthetic hyper-realistic masks could be mistaken for those of real faces, according to a study published in the open access journal Cognitive Research: Principles and Implications . The study also found that a viewer’s ability to accurately discriminate…
Asking if behavior can be changed on climate crisis
UMass Amherst, UPenn research suggests invoking moral obligation may help
Walking changes vision
How do we perceive our environment? What is the influence of sensory stimuli on the peripheral nervous system and what on the brain? Science has an interest in this question for many reasons. In the long term, insights from this…
MU researchers describe catatonia in Down syndrome
First longitudinal study highlights positive responses to established catatonia therapies
Trash talk hurts, even when it comes from a robot
Discouraging words from machines impair human game play
MU researchers describe catatonia in Down syndrome
First longitudinal study highlights positive responses to established catatonia therapies
Trash talk hurts, even when it comes from a robot
Discouraging words from machines impair human game play
Side effects mild, brief with single antidepressant dose of intravenous ketamine
Safety data analyzed from five NIH inpatient clinical trials
Side effects mild, brief with single antidepressant dose of intravenous ketamine
Safety data analyzed from five NIH inpatient clinical trials
How religion can heighten or help with financial stress
Researcher contact: Ashley LeBaron Norton School of Family and Consumer Sciences ,801-404-8292 [email protected] Churchgoers who are strapped for cash may experience a spike in anxiety when the donation plate is passed. However, knowing they have a church family to support…
Sexual minority adolescents more likely to experience mental health problems
New research, published in The Lancet Child and Adolescent Health , has found that adolescents from sexual minorities (those attracted to same sex or both sexes) in the UK are more likely to experience mental health problems, adverse social environments…
Schools less important than parents in determining higher education aspirations
A new study shows that the elementary school a child attends has almost no influence on their desire to progress to higher education – as factors including parental aspirations, academic support from their mother and having a desk to work…
Stanford researchers explore how citizens can become agents of environmental change
A blueprint for how to educate people to maximize their impact
State prescription drug monitoring programs: The rise and fall in heroin fatalities
November 14, 2019 — A new study at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health found a consistent association between the adoption of state Prescription Drug Monitoring programs (PDMP) and death rates from heroin poisoning. However, the research showed that…
Home-visits before and after birth can benefit caregiving in low- and middle-income settings
Increasing evidence supports positive associations with mother-child bonding experiences during the pre- and post-natal periods, and in the early years of a child’s life
Digital data and AI to improve the lives of people with diabetes
Until now, medical doctors have used biomarkers to determine the health status of people with diabetes (PWDs). These markers measure the blood glucose level or glycated haemoglobin. As such, they cannot predict exactly how the disease will progress over months,…
Tool for studying decision-making is ineffective for training better behavior
Two-step task would need to be adapted to shift balance between goal-oriented and habitual behaviors
Sexual minorities continue to face discrimination, despite increasing support
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Despite increasing support for the rights of people in the LGBTQ+ community, discrimination remains a critical and ongoing issue for this population, according to researchers. In a recent study, researchers found that adults who identified as…
Stanford researchers explore how citizens can become agents of environmental change
A blueprint for how to educate people to maximize their impact
‘Nudging’ heart patients to take their statins leads to better adherence and better outcomes
Statins are an effective medication for treating patients with heart disease – they cut the risk of a second major adverse cardiac event by almost 50 percent. But only about six percent of patients take statins as prescribed. One way…
What happens when we die? Insights from resuscitation science
Experts discuss the latest scientific research on death, as well as new studies that are exploring the human mind and consciousness at the time of death
Alzheimer’s Association funds expansion of aging study in longest running birth cohort
The Alzheimer’s Association and University College London (UCL) are partnering to study brain aging and dementia in 500 individuals whose health and health-related behaviors have been documented since birth. A $7 million grant from the Alzheimer’s Association will allow researchers…
State prescription drug monitoring programs: The rise and fall in heroin fatalities
November 14, 2019 — A new study at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health found a consistent association between the adoption of state Prescription Drug Monitoring programs (PDMP) and death rates from heroin poisoning. However, the research showed that…
Home-visits before and after birth can benefit caregiving in low- and middle-income settings
Increasing evidence supports positive associations with mother-child bonding experiences during the pre- and post-natal periods, and in the early years of a child’s life
Digital data and AI to improve the lives of people with diabetes
Until now, medical doctors have used biomarkers to determine the health status of people with diabetes (PWDs). These markers measure the blood glucose level or glycated haemoglobin. As such, they cannot predict exactly how the disease will progress over months,…
‘Nudging’ heart patients to take their statins leads to better adherence and better outcomes
Statins are an effective medication for treating patients with heart disease – they cut the risk of a second major adverse cardiac event by almost 50 percent. But only about six percent of patients take statins as prescribed. One way…
Tool for studying decision-making is ineffective for training better behavior
Two-step task would need to be adapted to shift balance between goal-oriented and habitual behaviors
Alzheimer’s Association funds expansion of aging study in longest running birth cohort
The Alzheimer’s Association and University College London (UCL) are partnering to study brain aging and dementia in 500 individuals whose health and health-related behaviors have been documented since birth. A $7 million grant from the Alzheimer’s Association will allow researchers…
Sexual minorities continue to face discrimination, despite increasing support
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Despite increasing support for the rights of people in the LGBTQ+ community, discrimination remains a critical and ongoing issue for this population, according to researchers. In a recent study, researchers found that adults who identified as…
Study finds links between early screen exposure, sleep disruption and EBD in kids
KKH study finds links between early screen exposure, sleep disruption and emotional, behavioural difficulties in children
Event on jazz and the brain
Award-winning musician to debut compositions inspired by residency with Columbia University neuroscientists
Study led by Tulane researchers outlines America’s losing battle to lose weight
It comes as no surprise that Americans struggle with weight loss, but a new study led by researchers at Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine reveals the extent to which many people try, and fail, to shed…
Puberty may offer window to reset effects of early deprived care on stress-response system
Puberty may offer a window of opportunity to recalibrate how children who experienced early life adversity respond to stress, according to a new study by University of Minnesota researchers published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (…
Study led by Tulane researchers outlines America’s losing battle to lose weight
It comes as no surprise that Americans struggle with weight loss, but a new study led by researchers at Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine reveals the extent to which many people try, and fail, to shed…
Puberty may offer window to reset effects of early deprived care on stress-response system
Puberty may offer a window of opportunity to recalibrate how children who experienced early life adversity respond to stress, according to a new study by University of Minnesota researchers published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (…
At what point does click-bait susceptibility become a mental health disorder?
One third of patients seeking treatment for buying-shopping disorder report symptoms of online shopping addiction, according to a new study published in Comprehensive Psychiatry
Talking with trained doctors can help abused women
Women who are experiencing intimate partner violence feel better supported, more confident, and less depressed when trained family doctors counsel them, according to new research in the journal Family Practice . Globally, one in four women experiences intimate partner violence…
Study finds links between early screen exposure, sleep disruption and EBD in kids
KKH study finds links between early screen exposure, sleep disruption and emotional, behavioural difficulties in children
Event on jazz and the brain
Award-winning musician to debut compositions inspired by residency with Columbia University neuroscientists
Talking with trained doctors can help abused women
Women who are experiencing intimate partner violence feel better supported, more confident, and less depressed when trained family doctors counsel them, according to new research in the journal Family Practice . Globally, one in four women experiences intimate partner violence…
Mothers’ pregnancy-related anxiety may alter how infants’ brains respond to sad speech
Study shows correlation between mothers’ self-reported pregnancy-related anxiety, and babies’ blood flow to brain areas responsible for emotional responses when listening to sad speech
New research suggests robots appear more persuasive when pretending to be human
When bots disclose their non-human nature, their efficiency is compromised
How artificial intelligence can transform psychiatry
New technologies could help psychiatrists better diagnose and monitor patients, but distrust abounds
Epigenetic switch found that turns warrior ants into forager ants
In 2016, researchers observed that they could reprogram the behavior of the Florida carpenter ant Camponotus floridanus . This species has two distinct castes with nearly identical genetic makeup: smaller Minor workers who forage and nurse the ant brood and…
Gender quotas in business — how do Europeans feel?
Researchers from Göttingen und Mannheim publish first attitude comparison across countries
Penn team discovers epigenetic pathway that controls social behavior in carpenter ants
Study reveals the behavior of Major ant ‘soldiers’ can be successfully reprogrammed up to 5 days after they hatch; reprogramming was ineffective at the 10-day mark
Preterm children have similar temperament to children who were institutionally deprived
Children who are born preterm or at very low birth weight have similar temperament difficulties as children who were institutionally deprived early in life Researchers have found that a child’s temperament is sensitive to experiences in the early stages of…