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Sensory stimulation enhances the capacity of human visual working memory, study finds
To complete tasks that require storing relevant visual details for short periods of time, such as solving a puzzle, reading or comparing different objects, humans leverage their so-called visual working memory. This is a ...
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How primate eye tracking reveals new insights into the evolution of language
The human environment is a very social one. Family, friends, colleagues, strangers—they all provide a continuous stream of information that we need to track and make sense of. Who is dating whom? Who is in a fight with ...
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Some people say they have a high pain threshold. Here's why
We've all heard someone claim they have a "high pain threshold" as if it's a mark of strength or resilience. But does science support the idea that some people genuinely feel less pain than others?
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Mental health and motherhood: South Africa now has treatment guidelines
Mothers and pregnant women suffer from high levels of mental health problems in South Africa
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Quality of parent-child relationships predicts adulthood well-being, 21-country finds
The link between early life experiences and mental health has been widely explored by psychology researchers. One key aspect of human early life experiences is the relationship that people develop with their parental figures, ...
What social rejection teaches your brain
Though painful, social rejection can be a powerful learning tool, new USC research suggests. The study, published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, uncovers the neurological mechanisms that influence how ...
Dec 6, 2024
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Astrocytes found to help regulate stress response in brain
Researchers have discovered that astrocytes play an important role in regulating stress responses in the lateral septum in the brain. It is expected to provide new clues for mental health treatments.
Dec 6, 2024
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Cohort study shows cannabis use increases risk of psychosis independently from genetic predisposition
New research from King's College London and South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust has shown that genetic load for schizophrenia and frequent use of cannabis have independent links to the likelihood of developing ...
Dec 6, 2024
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Researchers examine why people remember certain things and not others
Exactly why do people remember what they remember? A recently published review paper from researchers at Rice University sheds light on this fundamental question and the relationship between factors that influence human memory.
Dec 6, 2024
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Suicide rate is low during the holidays, but the holiday-suicide myth persists
As in most years that we've followed news reporting about the myth that suicides peak during the end-of-year holidays, an analysis of the past year showed again that more newspaper accounts supported the false idea that the ...
Dec 6, 2024
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Can this strategic plan promote better well-being for people who suffer from psychosis?
Psychosis is a little understood mental health condition whose sufferers often face stigmatization and marginalization.
Dec 6, 2024
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What is seasonal depression and how could it impact your mental health?
As the leaves change color and the days grow shorter, some individuals grapple with more than just the seasonal shift and struggle with seasonal depression, a subtype of general depression.
Dec 6, 2024
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Psilocybin reduces symptoms of depression more effectively than placebo in a novel study of front-line clinicians
Psilocybin-assisted psychotherapy resulted in significant reductions in depression among clinicians who provided front-line COVID-19 care in 2020 and 2021. These reductions were measurably greater than those experienced by ...
Dec 5, 2024
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Regularly posting on social media may worsen mental health in adults
Adults who frequently post on social media are at more risk of developing mental health problems than those who passively view social media content, finds a new study led by UCL researchers.
Dec 5, 2024
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New study finds neurobiological evidence of peripartum depression in women
Researchers have identified structural gray matter differences in the brains of women with a history of peripartum depression and those without within a group of major depressive disorder patients. The women who had experienced ...
Dec 5, 2024
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Cardiovascular disease symptoms surprisingly high in young refugees
Many individuals seeking asylum in the United States show increased stress and pain symptoms that are associated with indications of cardiovascular disease, according to Weill Cornell Medicine researchers.
Dec 5, 2024
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Why children play the same game or watch the same show over (and over) again
It's a familiar feeling for many parents. No matter what you suggest, your pre-schooler just wants to watch that episode of Bluey again, never mind that it's just finished playing. And at bedtime, it has to be a book you've ...
Dec 5, 2024
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Study of patient data shows antipsychotic medications don't always work the way they're supposed to
A new study conducted by researchers at the University of Waterloo analyzed data from nearly 500,000 Canadian patients who lived in nursing homes across Canada between 2000 and 2022. It found that residents who were given ...
Dec 5, 2024
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Digital tools show promise at providing mental health interventions to refugee youths
Mental health interventions provided through digital media to 445 displaced youths living in the slums of Kampala, Uganda, showed promise at broadening care to this high-risk, difficult-to-reach population, a new study found.
Dec 5, 2024
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MDMA-assisted therapy could improve neurorehabilitation of injured service members beyond PTSD
A UCLA Health analysis of MDMA-assisted therapy research suggests that the drug could improve outcomes of treatment of a wider range of trauma-related conditions experienced by military personnel beyond the current focus ...
Dec 5, 2024
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Vaccine hesitancy: Why some individuals believe fake news and conspiracies
People who are credulous are less capable of recognizing fake news, and along with mistrustful adults, are more susceptible to conspiracy thinking and vaccine hesitancy, according to a study published December 4, 2024, in ...
Dec 4, 2024
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Study highlights novel non-invasive brain surgery for lasting relief from severe obsessive-compulsive disorder
When conventional non-invasive treatments for psychiatric diseases fail, clinicians inevitably have to consider brain surgery. However, brain surgery for psychiatric diseases has long been taboo among the general public due ...
Dec 4, 2024
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Emoji use may depend on emotional intelligence and attachment style
Higher emotional intelligence is linked to more emoji use with friends, while avoidant attachment is associated with less emoji use with friends and dating or romantic partners, according to a study published December 4, ...
Dec 4, 2024
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Brain signature linked to resilience in mice suggests a new way of treating severe depression
Some people bounce back from trauma, but others get caught in depressive loops that sap the joy from their lives. Now, scientists at UC San Francisco are learning how the brain creates these divergent experiences. They hope ...
Dec 4, 2024
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Research estimates 151 million psychiatric cases from lead exposure in the US
In 1923, lead was first added to gasoline to help keep car engines healthy. However, automotive health came at the great expense of our own well-being.
Dec 4, 2024
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