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NAU researchers publish new report, recommendations to increase concussion disclosure in athletes

October 27, 2020 sarah Jonas Concussions, Football, football concussions, ncaa, Psychology

Psychology chair Heidi Wayment co-authored the report with Ann Huffman, Deborah Craig and Monica Lininger. The work was a result of a grant funded by the Mind Matters Challenge, which provides recommendations for increasing concussion symptom disclosure in collegiate athletic departments and military service academies.

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Rutgers Expert Available to Discuss Risk Perception in COVID-19 Era

October 26, 2020 sarah Jonas Agriculture, air, Anxiety, Cloning, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Environment, Exercise, fear, flu, Food, Food Safety, GMO, Gulf War Syndrome, Hazardous Waste, Health, Influenza, Lyme Disease, meat, nanotechnology, National Academy Of Sciences, New Jersey, NJ, Poultry, power lines, Psychology, Public Health, risk, RU, Rutgers, Rutgers University, Rutgers University-New Brunswick, Rutgers-New Brunswick, Safety, Science, Seafood, Technology, Vaccines, water

New Brunswick, N.J. (Oct. 26, 2020) – Rutgers University–New Brunswick Professor William Hallman is available for interviews on the science of

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Why Are Men So Negatively Impacted by Depression?

October 9, 2020 sarah Jonas covid 19, Depression, Mens Health, Mental Health, Pandemic, Psychology, Stigma, Texas Tech University, Unemployment

Anxiety, worry and depression are natural responses to the coronavirus pandemic and all of the problems that accompany it. Paul Ingram, in Texas Tech University’s Department of Psychological Sciences, said the impact on men might be more serious than for women because of how men deal with mental health.

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HOW LONG DOES THE PRESCHOOL ADVANTAGE LAST?

October 5, 2020 sarah Jonas Developmental Psychology, Education, Kindergarten, Math Education, Pre-K, Psychology

Children who attend preschool enter kindergarten with greater skills than those who don’t, but that advantage is nearly halved by the end of the year as their counterparts quickly begin to catch up, according to research published by the American Psychological Association.

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Screen time can change visual perception — and that’s not necessarily bad

September 30, 2020 sarah Jonas Binghamton, Binghamton University, Coronavirus, Eyes, Perception, Psychology, Screen Time, State University of New York at Binghamton, SUNY Binghamton, Vision, Visual Perception

The coronavirus pandemic has shifted many of our interactions online, with Zoom video calls
replacing in-person classes, work meetings, conferences and other events. Will all that screen time damage our vision? Maybe not. It turns out that our visual perception is highly adaptable, according to research from Psychology Professor and Cognitive and Brain Sciences Coordinator Peter Gerhardstein’s
lab at Binghamton University.

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FAU Receives $5.3 Million NIH Grant to Detect Cognitive Change in Older Drivers

September 30, 2020 sarah Jonas Alzheimer's Disease, Cognitive Function, Cognitive Impairment, Dementia, Driving Safety, Engineering, National Institutes of Health, Neurology, Nursing, Older Americans, Psychology

Testing a readily and rapidly available, discreet in-vehicle sensing system could provide the first step toward future widespread, low-cost early warnings of cognitive change in older drivers. The use of an advanced, multimodal approach involves the development of novel driving sensors and integration of data from a battery of cognitive function tests, eye tracking and driving behaviors and factors. These in-vehicle technologies could help detect abnormal driving behavior that may be attributed to cognitive impairment.

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For Black Girls, Attitudes About Being Black Affect Risk of Depression

September 22, 2020 sarah Jonas Adolescence, African American, Black teens, Black Women, Depression, Mental Health, Psychology, Race, Racism, Research, Youth

A new study suggests that the messages Black girls hear at home about being Black, and about being Black women in particular, can increase or decrease their risk of exhibiting the symptoms of depression.

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Cellular processes and social behaviors and… zombies?

September 21, 2020 sarah Jonas arts, Biology, Culture, Evolution, Medicine, Psychology, Science

The Zombie Apocalypse Medicine Meeting will happen online October 15-18, 2020. The meeting spans the sciences, the arts and the scary while bringing scientists, artists and journalists together with the general public. This year’s meeting has been reanimated into a livestream broadcast on Channel Zed. Registrants will have access to programming on topics like how birth control, race relations, the pandemic, sex, literature and social media can all be thought of as zombification processes.

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