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Kids, especially boys, perceive sadness of depressed parents

Children of depressed parents pick up on their parents' sadness—whether mom or dad realizes their mood or not.

Psychology & Psychiatry created May 17, 2013 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Study shows attractiveness of people not dependent on facial expression

(Medical Xpress)—Researchers from the U.K.'s University of Portsmouth have conducted a study with the aim of attempting to discern if the attractiveness of a person's face is impacted by facial expression. ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Mar 12, 2013 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (4) | comments 3 | with audio podcast report

Group finds facial expressions not as universal as thought

(Medical Xpress) -- For most of history, people have assumed that facial expressions are generally universal; a smile by someone of any cultural group generally is an expression of happiness or pleasure, for ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Apr 17, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (9) | comments 0 | with audio podcast report

Girls feel more anger, sadness than boys when friends offend

Girls may be sugar and spice, but "everything nice" takes a back seat when friends let them down.

Psychology & Psychiatry created Nov 22, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Was Darwin wrong about emotions?

Contrary to what many psychological scientists think, people do not all have the same set of biologically "basic" emotions, and those emotions are not automatically expressed on the faces of those around us, according to ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Dec 13, 2011 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (10) | comments 11 | with audio podcast

Feeling guilty versus feeling angry—who can tell the difference?

When you rear-end the car in front of you at a stoplight, you may feel a mix of different emotions such as anger, anxiety, and guilt. The person whose car you rear-ended may feel angered and frustrated by your carelessness, ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Sep 24, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1 | with audio podcast

350 million people have depression in world: WHO

More than 350 million people suffer from depression globally, the World Health Organization said, ahead of World Mental Health Day on Wednesday.

Psychology & Psychiatry created Oct 09, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Comparing yourself to others can have health impacts

(Medical Xpress) -- Comparing yourself to others with the same health problem can influence your physical and emotional health, according to researchers who conducted a qualitative synthesis of over 30 studies focusing on ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Feb 07, 2012 | 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

Study finds that closeness with either parent has behavioral, emotional benefits for a child

(Medical Xpress)—Parents: Want to help ensure your children turn out to be happy and socially well adjusted? Bond with them when they are infants.

Psychology & Psychiatry created Oct 11, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Study explores why children with asthma are more likely to be bullied

New research has uncovered several factors which could explain why children with asthma are at an increased risk of being bullied.

Health created Sep 02, 2012 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 1

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

Sadness increases subjective experience of pain

(HealthDay) -- Sadness increases subjective pain ratings and affects pain-evoked cortical activity, according to a study published in the July issue of The Journal of Pain.

Psychology & Psychiatry created Jul 06, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Cancer docs often deal with own grief, doubts when patients die

(HealthDay) -- Some cancer doctors may build up emotional walls -- distancing themselves from the patients they can't save -- to avoid grief, sadness and even despair, new research shows.

Cancer created May 23, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

For depression, relapsers go to the front of the brain

Depression is increasingly recognized as an illness that strikes repeatedly over the lifespan, creating cycles of relapse and recovery. This sobering knowledge has prompted researchers to search for markers of relapse risk ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Aug 22, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0