News tagged with life experiences


Routine screening for depression not recommended for adults with no apparent symptoms of depression

For adults with no apparent symptoms of depression, routine screening is not recommended in primary care settings because of the lack of high-quality evidence on the benefits and harms of screening for depression, according ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created May 13, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Brain research shows two parents may be better than one

A team of researchers at the University of Calgary's Hotchkiss Brain Institute (HBI) have discovered that adult brain cell production might be determined, in part, by the early parental environment. The study suggests that ...

Medical research created May 01, 2013 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (7) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Single dose of hallucinogen may create lasting personality change

A single high dose of the hallucinogen psilocybin, the active ingredient in so-called "magic mushrooms," was enough to bring about a measureable personality change lasting at least a year in nearly 60 percent of the 51 participants ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Sep 29, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (28) | comments 40 | with audio podcast

Evidence of biological process that embeds social experience in DNA that affects entire networks of genes

(Medical Xpress)—Early life experience results in a broad change in the way our DNA is "epigenetically" chemically marked in the brain by a coat of small chemicals called methyl groups, according to researchers at McGill ...

Genetics created Oct 11, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Children's brain processing speed indicates risk of psychosis

(Medical Xpress)—New research from Cardiff and Bristol universities shows that children whose brains process information more slowly than their peers are at greater risk of psychotic experiences.

Psychology & Psychiatry created Apr 26, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Modern parenting may hinder brain development, researcher claims

(Medical Xpress)—Social practices and cultural beliefs of modern life are preventing healthy brain and emotional development in children, according to an interdisciplinary body of research presented recently ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Jan 07, 2013 | popularity 3.6 / 5 (11) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

A new field of developmental neuroscience changes our understanding of the early years of human life

By the time our children reach kindergarten their learning and developmental patterns are already taking shape, as is a trajectory for their future health. Now, for the first time, scientists have amassed a large collection ...

Neuroscience created Oct 08, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Study finds that age does not impair decision-making capabilities

(Medical Xpress)—Contrary to conventional wisdom that cognitive function declines beginning in the mid-40s, aging does not correlate with a deteriorating ability to think for ourselves.  These are the findings of one of ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Jan 17, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Parenting and temperament in childhood predict later political ideology

Political mindsets are the product of an individual's upbringing, life experiences, and environment. But are there specific experiences that lead a person to choose one political ideology over another?

Psychology & Psychiatry created Oct 22, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Are you a happy shopper? Research website helps you find out

Psychologists have found that buying life experiences makes people happier than buying possessions, but who spends more of their spare cash on experiences? New findings published this week in the Journal of ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Jan 26, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Research links childhood trauma to schizophrenia

Researchers at the University of Liverpool have found that children who have experienced severe trauma are three times as likely to develop schizophrenia in later life.

Psychology & Psychiatry created Apr 19, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Genes and immune system shaped by childhood poverty, stress

(Medical Xpress)—A University of British Columbia and Centre for Molecular Medicine and Therapeutics (CMMT) study has revealed that childhood poverty, stress as an adult, and demographics such as age, sex and ethnicity, ...

Genetics created Oct 18, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1 | with audio podcast

We are what we experience: study

the ups and downs, and everything in between -- shape us, stay with us and influence our emotional set point as adults, according to a new study led by Virginia Commonwealth University researchers.

Psychology & Psychiatry created Oct 05, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

The parenthood paradox: Certain parenting beliefs are detrimental to mothers' mental health

Does being an intense mother make women unhappy? According to a new study by Kathryn Rizzo and colleagues, from the University of Mary Washington in the US, women who believe in intensive parenting - i.e., that women are ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Jul 05, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Buying life experiences to impress others removes happiness boost

Spending money on activities and events, such as concert tickets or exotic vacations, won't make you happier if you're doing it to impress others, according to findings published in the Journal of Happiness Studies.

Psychology & Psychiatry created Jun 18, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0