Psychology & Psychiatry
Examining toddler temperament around the globe
How do parents' cultural values affect their babies' temperament? Maria (Masha) Gartstein, professor of psychology, is on a multi-year quest to find out.
Dec 20, 2016
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Low intelligence linked to suicide risk later in life
People with low scores on intelligence tests in adolescence run a higher risk of suicide and suicide attempt later in life. That is according to a study from Karolinska Institutet in Sweden that followed almost 50,000 Swedish ...
Oct 9, 2019
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Overweight & Obesity
Weight stigma in men associated with harmful health consequences
Men's health may be compromised by weight stigma, finds the latest research from the Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity at the University of Connecticut.
Jul 30, 2019
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Brain stimulation may increase control of emotional actions
To function well in society, people must be able to control their emotional reactions from time to time. This usually goes well, but this control can fail, for example with aggressive behavior in traffic or in people with ...
Oct 22, 2020
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Conscious memories of childhood maltreatment strongly associated with psychopathology
New analysis from the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience at King's College London has found that an individual's conscious recollection of child maltreatment is strongly associated with psychopathology.
May 1, 2024
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Health
Why do embarrassing memories seem to surface at night?
Many of us have been kept awake at night by the memory of some mortifying moment. But why? We asked sleep expert Eus van Someren.
Jun 27, 2022
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Health
Researchers find that gratitude is a useful emotional tool in reducing desire to smoke
Smoking continues to rank as the foremost preventable cause of premature death. In a paper published this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, Harvard researchers report findings that evoking feelings ...
Jul 1, 2024
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Positive parenting can help protect against the effects of stress in childhood and adolescence, new study shows
Warm and supportive parenting may buffer against the effects of stress during childhood and adolescence. That is the key takeaway of our recent study, published in the journal PNAS Nexus.
Jul 15, 2023
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Is it ok for parents to be supportive to children's negative emotions?
New research suggests that whereas mothers who are more supportive of their children's negative emotions rate their children as being more socially skilled, these same children appear less socially adjusted when rated by ...
Jun 16, 2017
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Neuroscience
Activating an amygdala-brainstem pathway relieves pain and improves emotional state in rats
Activating a circuit between the amygdala and brainstem relieves pain and reduces defensive behaviors in rats, according to research recently published in JNeurosci.
Jun 6, 2022
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