http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. (Medical Xpress) -- A new study from the University of Michigan and the University of Pittsburgh shows that even if a child isn't crying, frowning or displaying other negative emotions on a consistent basis, another warning sign is when a child shows fewer positive displays, like hugging a parent or smiling and laughing. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-07-children-seldom-parent-depression.html Psychology & Psychiatry Fri, 08 Jul 2011 07:45:16 EST news229329850 (Medical Xpress) -- People's moral responses to similar situations change as they age, according to a new study at the University of Chicago that combined brain scanning, eye-tracking and behavioral measures to understand how the brain responds to morally laden scenarios. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-05-brain-circuitry-role-moral-sensitivity.html Neuroscience Fri, 27 May 2011 16:30:01 EST news225732393 Recalling painful memories while under the influence of the drug metyrapone reduces the brain's ability to re-record the negative emotions associated with them, according to University of Montreal researchers at the Centre for Studies on Human Stress of Louis-H. Lafontaine Hospital. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-05-drug-overwrite-bad-memories.html Medical research Thu, 26 May 2011 03:42:00 EST news225600100 (PhysOrg.com) -- When a spouse or life partner dies, the survivor experiences more illness, mental health issues and earlier death than non-widowed counterparts, research has found. Now, a new Cornell prospective study reports that the culprit is not bereavement's negative emotions -- grief, distress, fear and anger -- that disrupt the stress response system and cause harmful biological changes. The study finds that it is the steep drop in positive emotions that does the damage. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-04-positive-emotions-negative-linked.html Psychology & Psychiatry Tue, 12 Apr 2011 07:56:21 EST news221813762