News tagged with emotional stability


People underestimate how much they might change in the future

(HealthDay)—Think you're done becoming you? Think again. A new study suggests that while adults like to believe that their opinions and perspectives are pretty much set in stone, no matter their age, their ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Jan 03, 2013 | popularity 3.4 / 5 (12) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Study suggests humans are slowly but surely losing intellectual and emotional abilities

Human intelligence and behavior require optimal functioning of a large number of genes, which requires enormous evolutionary pressures to maintain. A provocative hypothesis published in a recent set of Science and Society ...

Genetics created Nov 12, 2012 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (37) | comments 78 | with audio podcast

Long-term meditation leads to different brain organization

(Medical Xpress) -- People who practice mindfulness meditation learn to accept their feelings, emotions, and states of mind without judging or resisting them. They simply live in the moment.

Psychology & Psychiatry created May 24, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (10) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Marketing is more effective when targeted to personality profiles

Advertisers spend enormous amounts of time and money attempting to tailor their advertising campaigns to the needs of different demographic groups. After all, the concerns of first-year college students are going to be different ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created May 21, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Study: Facebook profile beats IQ test in predicting job performance

Can a person's Facebook profile reveal what kind of employee he or she might be? The answer is yes, and with unnerving accuracy, according to a new paper published in the Journal of Applied Social Psychology.

Psychology & Psychiatry created Mar 02, 2012 | popularity 1.7 / 5 (19) | comments 16

Adolescents' personalities and coping habits affect social behaviors, MU researcher says

Infants innately relieve stress by crying, turning their heads or maintaining eye contact. Adults manage emotional tension using problem-solving or by seeking support. A new study by a University of Missouri human development ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Aug 01, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

The secret to successful aging

Whether we choose to accept or fight it, the fact is that we will all age, but will we do so successfully? Aging successfully has been linked with the "positivity effect", a biased tendency towards and preference for positive, ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Jul 14, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Sexuality, traumatic brain injury, and rehabilitation

Each year more than three million Americans are living with traumatic brain injury (TBI), a condition that is associated with physical, cognitive, and emotional problems that often affect their sexuality, and subsequently ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Apr 05, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Sleep researchers study value of preschool naps

Parents may feel it's clear that missing a nap means their young children will be grumpy and out-of-sorts, but scientists who study sleep say almost nothing is known about how daytime sleep affects children's ...

Health created Sep 14, 2012 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 0