Psychology & Psychiatry
Is empathy born in mom's first hugs?
Show your baby your love, and you'll get a kinder, gentler adult child as your reward, a new study suggests.
Apr 05, 2021
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Neuroscience
Rats are using the same brain region people use to empathize with others
Rats are amazing at avoiding dangers. What is their secret? Could empathy be a contributing factor? This is what a group of researchers from the Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience investigated. Their study shows that ...
Dec 05, 2019
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In the largest study of its kind, no evidence that testosterone reduces cognitive empathy
It's long been known that autism is far more prevalent in males than in females. What hasn't been understood is why.
Sep 03, 2019
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I feel you: Emotional mirror neurons found in rats
Researchers from the Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience have found that the rat brain activates the same cells when they observe the pain of others as when they experience pain themselves. In addition, without the activity ...
Apr 11, 2019
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Pediatrics
Q&A: Why social and emotional learning is so important for kids right now
"Emotional intelligence" and "social and emotional learning" are terms parents may hear bandied about by teachers and education leaders. And as kids throughout the country muddle through schooling during a pandemic, honing ...
Nov 09, 2020
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Find social media frustrating? Try empathy
Does social media make you happier… or more frustrated?
Feb 12, 2020
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Alcohol really is no excuse for bad behaviour—research reveals you're still the same person after a drink
Many of us know that feeling of waking up, headache in tow, struggling to remember what we said and did after that extra drink the night before. And then suddenly, the memories vividly resurface.
Aug 26, 2019
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MDMA users more empathetic than other drug users
Long-term MDMA users have higher levels of empathy than cannabis and other drugs users, new research suggests.
Feb 08, 2019
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Does teenage anxiety have its roots in infancy?
The fact that teenagers worry isn't necessarily a concern—it's when the adolescent brain amplifies and distorts a simple worry that mental health problems can arise. As scientists aim to unlock why teenagers get anxious, ...
Jun 29, 2020
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