In the midst of all the apparent tumult, intense emotion, and occasional reckless behavior characterizing the teenage years, the brain is, in fact, evolving and developing the neural circuits needed to keep emotions in check. ...
Jun 7, 2016
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New research by a University of Delaware psychological scientist and his collaborators across the globe has found a simple exercise that can undo the unconscious racial biases that young children have—biases that may begin ...
Aug 25, 2015
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This sounds extreme, but first let me ask: how many parents do you think actually keep track of their kids' screen time? If the TV is on but one of the children wanders out of the room, does that count? What if they're following ...
Jul 20, 2015
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Up to 80 percent of individuals with a past history of depression will get depressed again in the future. However, little is known about the specific factors that put these people at risk. New research suggests that it may ...
Jun 16, 2015
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The notoriously short fuses of some sports coaches could be explained by excessive concern with how they will be seen by others, according to new research.
Apr 1, 2014
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(Medical Xpress)—Alcohol intoxication reduces communication between two areas of the brain that work together to properly interpret and respond to social signals, according to researchers at the University of Illinois at ...
Aug 29, 2013
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A physical handicap like being tied down makes men over-estimate an opponent's size and under-estimate their own, according to research published August 7 in the open access journal PLOS ONE by Daniel Fessler and Colin Holbrook ...
Aug 7, 2013
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(Medical Xpress)—Encouraging young people at high-risk of criminal offending and delinquency to see happiness rather than anger in facial expressions results in a decrease in their levels of anger and aggression, new research ...
Mar 27, 2013
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Did you just decide to eat an apple instead of a candy bar? You should be feeling happy because you’re doing what’s good for you, right? Well, according to researchers at UC San Diego and Northwestern ...
Apr 12, 2011
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Egocentric, self-centred, and insensitive to the needs of others: these social problems often arise in people with severe traumatic brain injury (TBI) and have been attributed in part to a loss of emotional empathy, the capacity ...
Jun 28, 2011
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