I was nine. Some girl, maybe around 15 or 16, old enough to tower over me, asked whether Bill Beattie was my brother. I nodded. Without saying another word she grabbed me by my hair and started to drag me across the street—pulling ...
Nov 23, 2020
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Games can play an important role in dealing with loneliness among adolescents. By playing video games together, they can build deeper friendships. This was shown in research done by behavioral psychologist Geert Verheijen, ...
Oct 6, 2020
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A new study by psychology academics at the University of Derby and Nottingham Trent University (NTU) has shown that including certain Omega-3 fatty acids in a person's diet can help them adapt their reaction to impulsive ...
Aug 13, 2020
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Australia has invested an extraordinary amount of time and effort into putting in place bullying prevention programs—especially across schools. But what happens when your bully is your own flesh and blood, and lives with ...
Jul 1, 2019
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Brain research shows that police recruits who have relatively high trait aggression exhibit increased control over their emotion regulation system. However, testosterone appears to affect this control: at high testosterone ...
Jul 1, 2019
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Much greater awareness, improved diagnosis and enhanced treatment are all required in order to reduce the burden on society of the severe behavioural condition conduct disorder, according to a new expert review led by the ...
Jun 27, 2019
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Researchers at the UPV/EHU-University of the Basque Country have explored the psychobiological mechanisms that may exist behind aggressive behaviour in children. The study, which included 139 eight-year-old children, has ...
Apr 16, 2019
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Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have together with American colleagues studied deceased patients who were diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease or frontotemporal dementia. They observed a correlation between certain ...
Apr 15, 2019
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Recently a number of school boards and police services issued statements advising parents of an alleged cyberbullying threat called the Momo challenge.
Mar 12, 2019
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To what extent is personality an adaptation to appearance or even physique? A team of scientists at the University of Göttingen has investigated this question. Their results: it depends on gender and on which behaviour is ...
Feb 12, 2019
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