News tagged with negative experiences


'Doctor shopping' by obese patients negatively affects health

Overweight and obese patients are significantly more likely than their normal-weight counterparts to repeatedly switch primary care doctors, a practice that disrupts continuity of care and leads to more emergency room visits, ...

Overweight and Obesity created May 21, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Traumatized moms avoid tough talks with kids, study shows

(Medical Xpress)—Mothers who have experienced childhood abuse, neglect or other traumatic experiences show an unwillingness to talk with their children about the child's emotional experiences, a new study ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created May 06, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Resorts nationwide go sun smart

A group of researchers led by San Diego State University communication professor Peter Andersen, have teamed up with 40 resorts nationwide to encourage vacationers to be smart about sun protection through ...

Health created Apr 15, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Our futures look bright—because we reject the possibility that bad things will happen

People believe they'll be happy in the future, even when they imagine the many bad things that could happen, because they discount the possibility that those bad things will actually occur, according to a new research published ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Apr 15, 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

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

Borderline personality disorder: The "perfect storm" of emotion dysregulation

Originally, the label "borderline personality disorder" was applied to patients who were thought to represent a middle ground between patients with neurotic and psychotic disorders. Increasingly, though, ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Jan 15, 2013 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (6) | comments 0

Being bored at work can make us more creative, study finds

Most of us think of being bored at work as a negative experience, but a new study suggests it can have positive results including an increase in creativity because it gives us time to daydream.

Psychology & Psychiatry created Jan 10, 2013 | popularity 1.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

New strategies needed to encourage male cancer survivors to consider future fertility

Pioneering research presented at the Fertility 2013 conference today (Thursday 3 January 2013) shows that a large proportion of male cancer patients are missing out on appropriate fertility advice.

Cancer created Jan 03, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

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

When eating for two becomes a weighty issue

Two-thirds of Australian mums-to-be are in the dark when it comes to how much weight they should gain during pregnancy.

Obstetrics & gynaecology created Nov 12, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A sense of control, even if illusory, eliminates emotion-driven distortions of time

We humans have a fairly erratic sense of time. We tend to misjudge the duration of events, particularly when they are emotional in nature. Disturbingly negative experiences, for example, seem to last much longer than they ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Oct 24, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Study shows people return smiles based on feelings of status and power

(Medical Xpress)—A study conducted to learn more about mimicry of facial features has found that people tend to mimic smiles directed at them by other people based on their own feelings of status and power. ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Oct 17, 2012 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 2 | with audio podcast report

Angry? Sad? Ashamed? Depressed people can't tell difference, study finds

(Medical Xpress)—Clinically depressed people have a hard time telling the difference between negative emotions such as anger and guilt, a new University of Michigan study found.

Psychology & Psychiatry created Oct 10, 2012 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Neural signature of affiliative experience identified in human brain

How would you respond if someone told you that you have a very dedicated son and that he got the scholarship he most wished? Or that the company you worked for made great profits and you will receive a good salary raise?

Neuroscience created Sep 04, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0