Confusing reality with imagination and losing contact with reality are two key characteristics that could play a role in the development of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). This is what we learn from a study conducted ...
Aug 13, 2015
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Imagine a barking dog, a furry spider or another perceived threat and your brain and body respond much like they would if you experienced the real thing. Imagine it repeatedly in a safe environment and soon your phobia—and ...
Dec 10, 2018
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(Medical Xpress)—Pretend play can be fun for preschool children, but a new University of Virginia study, published in a recent online edition of the journal Psychological Bulletin, finds that it is not as crucial to a child's ...
Aug 28, 2012
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There's no question that our ability to remember informs our sense of self. Now research published in Clinical Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science, provides new evidence that the ...
Nov 7, 2012
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You can easily picture yourself riding a bicycle across the sky even though that's not something that can actually happen. You can envision yourself doing something you've never done before—like water skiing—and maybe ...
Feb 23, 2023
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The so-called "meal-recall effect"—remembering a recent meal—can reduce how much food a person will eat later. Researchers from the University of Cambridge have investigated the impact on the meal-recall effect of imagining ...
Mar 7, 2023
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Did the boy bite the cat, or was it the other way around?
Jul 14, 2022
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A doctor from the UK has shown how an innovative music video can help increase awareness of how to treat asthma.
Sep 10, 2013
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Deletions and duplications of DNA are responsible for wide-ranging developmental difficulties in children, finds a new study by Cardiff University.
May 3, 2019
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Adults play an essential role in helping the development of play and imagination among infants and toddlers, new research by an Australian Catholic University academic in partnership with Monash University shows.
Jun 5, 2024
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