Medications
In study, acetaminophen makes risky moves seem less dangerous
While acetaminophen is helping you deal with your headache, it may also be making you more willing to take risks, a new study suggests.
Sep 8, 2020
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Get it over with, or procrastinate? New research explores our decision-making process
When it's time to schedule a vacation, most people will do it right away. But when it comes to booking a root canal, some people will procrastinate while others will put it at the top of their to-do list.
Jun 2, 2020
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Study finds stronger one-way fear signals in brains of anxious kids
Signals from the brain's fear center make it more difficult for anxious and stressed children to regulate their emotions, a first-of-its-kind brain scanning study from Stanford shows.
Apr 22, 2020
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Older people generally more emotionally healthy, better able to resist daily temptations
The stereotype of grumpy old people apparently doesn't hold up under closer inspection. A new study from Duke and Vanderbilt University psychologists finds that older people are generally more emotionally stable and better ...
Mar 24, 2020
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Where you live may influence your baby's behavior
Infants from rural families tend to display negative emotions such as anger and frustration more frequently than their urban counterparts, according to a recent study in the Journal of Community Psychology.
Mar 18, 2020
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Focus on context diminishes memory of negative events, researchers report
In a new study, researchers report they can manipulate how the brain encodes and retains emotional memories. The scientists found that focusing on the neutral details of a disturbing scene can weaken a person's later memories—and ...
Feb 5, 2020
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Researchers explain link between emotion and addictive substance use
What drives a person to smoke cigarettes—and keeps one out of six U.S. adults addicted to tobacco use, at a cost of 480,000 premature deaths each year despite decades of anti-smoking campaigns? What role do emotions play ...
Jan 9, 2020
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Neuroscience
Brain biomarker predicts compulsive drinking in mice
Although alcohol use is ubiquitous in modern society, only a portion of individuals develop alcohol use disorders or addiction. Yet, scientists have not understood why some individuals are prone to develop drinking problems, ...
Nov 21, 2019
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Borderline personality disorder has strongest link to childhood trauma
People with borderline personality disorder are 13 times more likely to report childhood trauma than people without any mental health problems, according to University of Manchester research.
Nov 18, 2019
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Psychology & Psychiatry
For teens, multitasking makes them feel better—and worse
Multitasking makes adolescents feel both more positively and more negatively about the main task they're trying to accomplish, a new study finds.
Oct 30, 2019
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