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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

Parents will push for medication, even if doc says not needed

(HealthDay)—When doctors use quick-and-easy disease labels to sum up symptoms of concern in an otherwise healthy infant, parents are more apt to want to treat their child with some type of medication, even ...

Pediatrics created Apr 01, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Can meditation make you a more compassionate person?

Scientists have mostly focused on the benefits of meditation for the brain and the body, but a recent study by Northeastern University's David DeSteno, published in Psychological Science, takes a look at what impacts medita ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Apr 01, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Link between emotions, physical health universal, researcher says

(Medical Xpress)—Much research has demonstrated a link between individuals' emotional and physical health. For example, depression and stress have been tied to self-reports of increased pain, fatigue and disease, whereas ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Mar 27, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Brief mindfulness training may boost test scores, working memory

Mindfulness training may help to boost standardized test scores and improve working memory, according to a new study in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science.

Psychology & Psychiatry created Mar 26, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Arguments in the home linked with babies' brain functioning

Being exposed to arguments between parents is associated with the way babies' brains process emotional tone of voice, according to a new study to be published in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Ps ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Mar 25, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Study finds good marriages more likely for teens of happy homes

A UT Dallas study has found that people who come from families with members who are encouraging and engaged with one another tend to have marriages with more positive outcomes later in life.

Psychology & Psychiatry created Mar 21, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Sleep consolidates memories for competing tasks, researchers show

Sleep plays an important role in the brain's ability to consolidate learning when two new potentially competing tasks are learned in the same day, research at the University of Chicago demonstrates.

Neuroscience created Mar 20, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Young people in abusive dating relationships are happier when relationship ends than they expected, study finds

(Medical Xpress)—Young adults in abusive and controlling dating relationships were happier when their relationships were over than they expected to be, according to a Purdue University study.

Psychology & Psychiatry created Mar 20, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Gone but not forgotten: Yearning for lost loved ones linked to altered thinking about the future

People suffering from complicated grief may have difficulty recalling specific events from their past or imagining specific events in the future, but not when those events involve the partner they lost, according to a new ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Mar 18, 2013 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Know thyself: How mindfulness can improve self-knowledge

paying attention to one's current experience in a non-judgmental way—might help us to learn more about our own personalities, according to a new article published in the March 2013 issue of Perspectives on Psychological Sc ...

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

Events in the future seem closer than those in the past, study shows

We say that time flies, it marches on, it flows like a river—our descriptions of time are closely linked to our experiences of moving through space. Now, new research suggests that the illusions that influence how we perceive ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Mar 13, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Babies prefer individuals who harm those that aren't like them (w/ video)

Infants as young as nine months old prefer individuals who are nice to people like them and mean to people who aren't like them, according to a new study published in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Ps ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Mar 12, 2013 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (6) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Denied the chance to cheat or steal, people turn to violent video games

A new study suggests that people get frustrated when they are offered the opportunity to cheat or steal and that chance is then taken away from them.

Psychology & Psychiatry created Mar 11, 2013 | popularity 2.7 / 5 (6) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Why people put themselves under the knife: Psychologists confirm long-term positive effects of plastic surgery

In a long-term study, Prof. Dr. Jürgen Margraf, Alexander von Humboldt Professor for Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy at the RUB, investigated the psychological effects of plastic surgery on approximately 550 patients ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Mar 11, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0