Neuroscience
Analyzing brain patterns may help scientists increase people's confidence, reduce fear
A new technique of analyzing brain patterns appears to help people overcome fear and build self-confidence.
Dec 15, 2016
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Swearing can increase self-confidence, physical strength and risky behavior
Keele University researchers have found that swearing can increase self-confidence and risk-taking behavior, as well as boosting physical strength.
Mar 24, 2022
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Researchers find confidence is key to women's spatial skills
Boosting a woman's confidence makes her better at spatial tasks, University of Warwick scientists have found, suggesting skills such as parking and map-reading could come more easily if a woman is feeling good about herself.
Dec 5, 2011
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Psychology & Psychiatry
How does weight gain from antipsychotic medications affect patients?
Rapid weight gain is common when individuals take antipsychotic medications. A study published in Psychology and Psychotherapy: Theory, Research and Practice explored patients' experiences of weight change and preferences ...
Feb 9, 2022
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Confusion can be beneficial for learning
(Medical Xpress) -- Most of us assume that confidence and certainty are preferred over uncertainty and bewilderment when it comes to learning complex information. But a new study led by Sidney D’Mello of the University ...
Jun 20, 2012
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Vaccination
Confidence in vaccines has plummeted in Africa since the pandemic, shows eight-country study
Public confidence in vaccines has plunged across sub-Saharan Africa since the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a study of 17,000 people, across eight countries, published today in the journal Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics.
Jun 8, 2023
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Medications
Low-dose aspirin does not cut death from prostate cancer
(HealthDay)—Low-dose aspirin use does not appear to reduce the overall risk for prostate cancer death, according to a study published online March 5 in the Annals of Internal Medicine.
Mar 5, 2019
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Neuroscience
Study suggests human brain optimally weights information during learning
(Medical Xpress)—The human brain's capacity for learning is adaptable to a variety of conditions. When the environment changes repeatedly and constantly, learning is difficult, because the brain automatically seeks patterns ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Gaslighting relationship survivor survey highlights understudied form of emotional abuse
Researchers led by University of Toronto psychologist Willis Klein have investigated an understudied form of relationship abuse—gaslighting. In a paper titled "A qualitative analysis of gaslighting in romantic relationships," ...
Health
Manual breast milk expression better than breast pump for poor feeders
Expressing breast milk by hand in the first days after birth is better for boosting breastfeeding rates among poorly feeding newborns than the use of a breast pump, indicates a small study published online in the Archives ...
Jul 19, 2011
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