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One hour's screen use after going to bed increases your risk of insomnia by 59%, scientists find
Scientists have found another reason to put the phone down: a survey of 45,202 young adults in Norway has discovered that using a screen in bed drives up your risk of insomnia by 59% and cuts your sleep time by 24 minutes. ...
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Short-term reactivation of brain between encoding of memories enhances recall, study finds
Past neuroscience and psychology studies have shown that after the human brain encodes specific events or information, it can periodically reactivate them to facilitate their retention, via a process known as memory consolidation. ...
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The Colorado psychedelic mushroom experiment has arrived
Colorado regulators are issuing licenses for providing psychedelic mushrooms and are planning to authorize the state's first "healing centers," where the mushrooms can be ingested under supervision, in late spring or early ...
Mar 29, 2025
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Genes may influence our enjoyment of music
Music is central to human emotion and culture. Does our ability to enjoy music have a biological basis? A genetic twin study, published in Nature Communications, shows that music enjoyment is partly heritable. An international ...
Mar 28, 2025
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Discrimination's mental toll: Study reveals widespread impact across races
A growing body of research has drawn connections between everyday discrimination—the routine and often subtle forms of mistreatment that people experience on a day-to-day basis—and poor mental health.
Mar 28, 2025
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Preschoolers' keen sense of hypocrisy: How young children judge character
Even preschool children can recognize a hypocrite. And, just like adults, they don't have the best opinion of such people: they assess hypocrites more negatively than they do other people who break commonly accepted rules, ...
Mar 28, 2025
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'In the midst of a crisis': Teens wait months for critical mental health help
The average wait time for the first session of treatment in Australia could be further harming the mental health of teens, a study has found, prompting calls to introduce national standards.
Mar 28, 2025
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First trial of therapy chatbot suggests AI can provide 'gold-standard' mental-health care
Dartmouth researchers conducted the first clinical trial of a therapy chatbot powered by generative AI and found that the software resulted in significant improvements in participants' symptoms, according to results published ...
Mar 27, 2025
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Losing your job is bad for your health, but there are things you can do to minimize the harm
The Trump administration's firing and furloughing of tens of thousands of federal workers and contractors have obviously caused economic hardship for Americans employed in national parks, research labs and dozens of government ...
Mar 27, 2025
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Early exposure to air pollution could affect brain development and mental health later in life: New research
Exposure to air pollution in early life could have lasting effects on child development and mental health in adolescence, according to our recent study.
Mar 27, 2025
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Study explores what motivates LGB parents to have more children
A new study found that only sociodemographic factors—including the parent's age, number of current children, economic status, and level of religiosity—predict the desire and intention to have more children among lesbian, ...
Mar 27, 2025
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Knowledge of genetics and genomic medicine is crucial for mental health providers, says study
In a manuscript published in the American Journal of Psychiatry titled "Psychiatric Genetics in Clinical Practice: Essential Knowledge for Mental Health Professionals," the authors provide updated guidelines on what mental ...
Mar 27, 2025
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A playbook for grit: Three lessons from performance psychology research
How can some competitive athletes push through injuries, losses and years of training without giving up, while others throw in the towel?
Mar 27, 2025
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Six country-study finds children consistently take a stance against unfair sharing
Studies exploring the extent to which people are prone to "punishing" the selfish behavior of others can offer insight into their societal values, such as the importance they attribute to equality and fairness norms. Past ...
Study finds long COVID patients feel pressure to prove their illness is real
People living with long COVID often feel dismissed, disbelieved, and unsupported by their health care providers, according to a new study from the University of Surrey.
Mar 26, 2025
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More than just an animal: Losing a pet deserves more attention and compassion
When my dog passed away four years ago, coping with the loss was challenging. I know I am not alone. People turn to their pets when they need comfort and a non-judgmental presence. However, pets have a short lifespan, and ...
Mar 26, 2025
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One factor can determine veterans' mental health after combat killing
Taking a person's life is not automatically harmful to a soldier's mental well-being if the circumstances justified it, according to a study of more than 14,600 soldiers.
Mar 26, 2025
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Psychopaths experience pain differently, even when their bodies say otherwise
Psychopathy has long been associated with murderers, notorious criminals, and the gripping true crime stories that dominate Netflix documentaries. But our recent research is showing they have a complex relationship with pain ...
Mar 26, 2025
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Could your next therapist be a robot?
When faced with a problem, it's increasingly common for us to ask a chatbot. Within seconds of posing the question, you have an answer.
Mar 26, 2025
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Study shows that some voices are more memorable than others, irrespective of who is listening to them
The term "memorability" refers to the likelihood that a particular stimulus, such as an object, face or sound, will be remembered by those exposed to it. Over the past few years, some psychology studies have been exploring ...
Brain pathway may explain higher depression rates in teen girls
Depression is a mental health condition that affects 280 million people worldwide. It is twice as common in women than men and this pattern starts to develop during adolescence. Researchers have studied the biological processes ...
Mar 25, 2025
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Open-label placebo appears to reduce premenstrual symptoms, study suggests
Women affected by premenstrual syndrome (PMS) appear to experience less intense and debilitating symptoms after taking placebo pills even when told they do not contain any active medication, suggests a study published in ...
Mar 25, 2025
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Rare loss-of-function variants in HECTD2 and AKAP11 confer risk of bipolar disorder
Scientists at deCODE genetics/Amgen have identified associations between bipolar disorder and rare loss-of-function variants in two genes.
Mar 25, 2025
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High-salt diet linked to depression: Protein IL-17A plays key role in mice study
A new study published in The Journal of Immunology found that a high-salt diet (HSD) induces depression-like symptoms in mice by driving the production of a protein called IL-17A. This protein has previously been identified ...
Mar 25, 2025
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Colorado's first psychedelic healing centers could offer psilocybin yoga or microdosing at a coffee shop
Coloradans will soon have legal access to psychedelic-assisted therapy with the first licensed psilocybin businesses expected to open this spring. This novel type of mental health treatment involves ingesting large doses ...
Mar 25, 2025
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