Neuroscience
Researchers discover neurological link to loneliness
Researchers from UCL have found that lonely people have less grey matter in a part of the brain associated with decoding eye gaze and other social cues.
Oct 25, 2012
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News tagged with social perception
Neuroscience
Study shows brain function differences in women with anorexia
A new study published in Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience by researchers at the Center for BrainHealth at UT Dallas and UT Southwestern found brain-based differences in how women with and without anorexia perceive ...
Sep 17, 2012
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Psychology & Psychiatry
'Lazy', 'messy', 'smart': How labels affect a child's personality development
Words have a direct impact on the formation of a child's identity. By labeling children, for example categorizing them as "lazy" or "clever," we may actually be doing them a disservice. We might see ourselves as benevolent ...
Apr 30, 2024
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Perception of social isolation and loneliness can increase depressive symptoms
Both social isolation, defined as the objective state of having few connections with others, and loneliness, which is a subjective negative feeling of being alone, adversely impact the body and mind.
Apr 25, 2024
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Older adolescents with physical and mental illnesses have lowest self-perceptions: Study
The combination of physical and mental illness had a negative impact on self-perception among older adolescents, but not for younger ones, shows a new University of Waterloo study.
Nov 16, 2023
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Neuroscience
Does deafness alter brain circuits supporting social skills?
Hearing impairment may cause difficulties in social interactions, but new research indicates that social struggles experienced by deaf individuals are likely not due to brain alterations, but rather due to non-supportive ...
Aug 23, 2023
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Health
Sea of pro-vax tweets drown out anti-vax memes, new study shows
Pro-vaccination tweets outnumbered anti-vax sentiment almost four to one, in new research that canvassed a whopping 75 million COVID-19 comments on Twitter at the height of the global pandemic.
Aug 9, 2023
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Medical research
Why pain is so hard to measure, and how our study of brainwaves could help
Every individual's experience of pain is unique—but that makes it harder to treat. The experience of pain remains impenetrable to scientists because it is so variable. So researchers and clinicians still rely on subjective ...
Aug 7, 2023
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Neuroscience
The 10 Alzheimer's symptoms you need to know
Alzheimer's disease, the most common form of dementia, affects millions of lives worldwide, robbing patients of their memories and thinking abilities.
Jun 15, 2023
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Understanding self-directed ageism
Normal age-related changes in how we think, perceive and reason may increase the risk of older people viewing themselves through a negative and ageist lens, University of Queensland research suggests.
May 4, 2023
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