An international team of researchers have found that when we smile it actually changes the way our brains process other people's emotions.
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People who are grieving a major loss, such as the death of a spouse or a child, use different coping mechanisms to carry on with their lives. Psychologists have been able to track different approaches, which can reflect different ...
Dec 10, 2018
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It's not unusual for a fictional character to ring such a chord that their story shapes your life.
Mar 24, 2021
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A Duke University-led study has pinpointed how early childhood stress affects the adult brain's response to rewards. Their findings suggest a possible pathway by which childhood stress may increase risk of depression and ...
Oct 19, 2015
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Research published today has revealed new clues which might help explain why young people with the most severe forms of antisocial behaviour struggle to control and regulate their emotions, and might be more susceptible to ...
Apr 30, 2018
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It's been known for more than a century that acetaminophen is an effective painkiller, but according to a new U of T study it could also be impeding error-detection in the brain.
Apr 8, 2016
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If you count yourself among those who lose themselves in the lives of fictional characters, scientists now have a better idea of how that happens.
Mar 15, 2021
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New research involving a psychologist from the University of York has revealed for the first time that both belief in God and prejudice towards immigrants can be reduced by directing magnetic energy into the brain.
Oct 14, 2015
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Being shown pictures of others being loved and cared for reduces the brain's response to threat, new research from the University of Exeter has found.
Nov 7, 2014
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Past psychology studies have gathered evidence hinting at the existence of a brain network that processes the social meaning of individual words. Recently, some scientists have hypothesized that the same network also allows ...
