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Don't read my lips! Body language trumps the face for conveying intense emotions

Be it triumph or crushing defeat, exhilaration or agony, body language more accurately conveys intense emotions, according to recent research that challenges the predominance of facial expressions as an indicator of how a ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Jan 15, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Sleep preserves and enhances unpleasant emotional memories

A recent study by sleep researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst is the first to suggest that a person's emotional response after witnessing an unsettling picture or traumatic event is greatly ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Jan 17, 2012 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (15) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Changes in brain circuitry play role in moral sensitivity as people grow up

(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 ...

Neuroscience created May 27, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 4 | with audio podcast

Antidepressant reduces stress-induced heart condition

A drug commonly used to treat depression and anxiety may improve a stress-related heart condition in people with stable coronary heart disease, according to researchers at Duke Medicine.

Cardiology created May 21, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Study finds brain system for emotional self-control

Different brain areas are activated when we choose to suppress an emotion, compared to when we are instructed to inhibit an emotion, according a new study from the UCL Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience and Ghent University.

Psychology & Psychiatry created May 09, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Negative emotions in response to daily stress take a toll on long-term mental health

Our emotional responses to the stresses of daily life may predict our long-term mental health, according to a new study published in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science.

Psychology & Psychiatry created Apr 02, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Seniors who play video games report better sense of emotional well-being

New research from North Carolina State University finds that older adults who play video games report higher levels of emotional well-being.

Psychology & Psychiatry created Mar 05, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Excessive TV in childhood linked to long-term antisocial behaviour

Children and adolescents who watch a lot of television are more likely to manifest antisocial and criminal behaviour when they become adults, according to a new University of Otago, New Zealand, study published online in ...

Pediatrics created Feb 18, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Feeling down? Retail therapy helps beat the blues

Retail therapy is often lamented as wasteful and irresponsible, but new research from the University of Michigan Ross School of Business indicates that it can help alleviate certain negative emotions.

Psychology & Psychiatry created Feb 14, 2013 | popularity 2.2 / 5 (6) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Response and recovery in the brain may predict well-being

(Medical Xpress)—It has long been known that the part of the brain called the amygdala is responsible for recognition of a threat and knowing whether to fight or flee from the danger.

Neuroscience created Feb 05, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Research sheds light on the dangers of positive stereotypes

(Medical Xpress)—We all know about the dangers of negative stereotyping. But what about positive stereotyping? Is it really bad to assume that women are more in touch with their emotions or that immigrants work harder than ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Feb 01, 2013 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Postpartum women less stressed by threats unrelated to the baby, study finds

(Medical Xpress)—Following the birth of a child, new mothers may have an altered perception of stresses around them, showing less interest in threats unrelated to the baby. This change to the neuroendocrine ...

Neuroscience created Dec 11, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Body language, not facial expressions, broadcasts what's happening to us

If you think that you can judge by examining someone's facial expressions if he has just hit the jackpot in the lottery or lost everything in the stock market—think again. Researchers at the Hebrew University ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Nov 29, 2012 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (6) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

Exploring the financial costs of sadness

Your emotions can certainly impact your decisions, but you might be surprised by the extent to which your emotions affect your pocketbook. New research from psychological scientist Jennifer Lerner of the Harvard Kennedy School ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Nov 14, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Do your neuroses make you more prone to 'contagious' itching?

(Medical Xpress)—Have you ever experienced the feelings of itchiness while watching someone else scratch? Scientists University of Sussex and the University of Hull have found the part of the brain responsible ...

Neuroscience created Nov 13, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast