Psychology & Psychiatry
Emotions may affect carbon offsetting willingness
The purpose of a flight may affect an individual's willingness to compensate for carbon emissions, according to a new study.
Nov 22, 2022
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Cultural differences affect how we support close friends and family
A research team led by Associate Professor Hirofumi Hashimoto, from the Graduate School of Literature and Human Sciences, Osaka Metropolitan University, analyzed the perspectives of providers of social support to examine ...
Nov 22, 2022
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Study: Asexual relationships need same ingredients as any other relationship
Many asexual individuals, those with little to no sexual attraction, are in long-term satisfying romantic relationships, but there has been little study on how and why they last and thrive. New research from Michigan State ...
Sep 23, 2022
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Emo-jional rescue: Researchers create tool to measure the emotion in emojis
How much is really known about those smiley faces staring back at from smartphone screens? Anyone who has ever wondered if the people sending them are really that happy is not alone.
Sep 22, 2022
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Study suggests watching TV with your child can help their cognitive development
Over the past 30 years, the number of television programs targeting infants has been increasing. Between 1997 and 2014, screen time doubled among children aged 0 to 2 years.
Sep 21, 2022
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Many transgender parents hesitate to label young children's gender identity
Many transgender parents with children between one-and-a-half and six years of age hesitate to label their child's gender identity, according to new research from a team at Penn State and Guilford College. In addition, the ...
Sep 1, 2022
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41% of teenagers can't tell the difference between true and fake online health messages
A new study has found that teenagers have a hard time discerning between fake and true health messages. Only 48% of the participants trusted accurate health messages (without editorial elements) more than fake ones. Meanwhile, ...
Aug 29, 2022
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Distress leads to higher COVID vaccine rates, less adherence to distancing guidelines
People who were more distressed—showing signs of anxiety or depression—during the COVID-19 pandemic were less likely to follow some best practice recommendations from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, according ...
Aug 24, 2022
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Integrating individual and collective mindfulness in a high-stress military setting
A new study suggests that a "blended" eight-week mindfulness program that adds team mindfulness training (TMT) to a shortened version of the mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) course for individual mindfulness is just ...
Aug 23, 2022
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A new theory in physics claims to solve the mystery of consciousness
How do 1.4 kg of brain tissue create thoughts, feelings, mental images, and an inner world?
Aug 11, 2022
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