Psychology & Psychiatry
Video: Signs that stress is becoming toxic
With a new year right around the corner, it might be time to reset when it comes to your mental health.
Jan 3, 2023
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News tagged with new experiences
Neuroscience
During sleep, one brain region teaches another, converting novel data into enduring memories
What role do the stages of sleep play in forming memories? "We've known for a long time that useful learning happens during sleep," says University of Pennsylvania neuroscientist Anna Schapiro. "You encode new experiences ...
Oct 24, 2022
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Medical research
New study identifies unique type of microglia associated with stroke in the I/R injured brain
A research team, affiliated with UNIST has identified a new type of microglia associated with stroke in the ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) injured brain. This breakthrough has been led by Professor Sung Ho Park and his research ...
Oct 24, 2022
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Could going on holiday be a treatment for dementia?
Many of us will have likely heard of music therapy and art therapy—but what about "travel therapy?"
Jun 23, 2022
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Gerontology & Geriatrics
Video: Researchers discuss their 'pace of aging' score
Five decades ago, Duke psychologists Terrie Moffitt and Avshalom Caspi began working with a long-term study of 1,000 people in New Zealand to get a better perspective on how childhood factors may have led to adolescent behaviors, ...
May 23, 2022
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Vaccination
Vaccine resistance has its roots in negative childhood experiences, a major study finds
Most people welcomed the opportunity to get vaccinated against COVID-19, yet a non-trivial minority did not. Vaccine-resistant people tend to hold strong views and assertively reject conventional medical or public health ...
Apr 8, 2022
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Thoughts of harming baby are a normal but unpleasant part of postpartum experience, says study
Many new mothers experience unwanted and intrusive thoughts about intentionally harming their babies, but those thoughts don't appear to increase the likelihood that they will actually harm their newborn, according to a new ...
Mar 1, 2022
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Medical economics
Careful assessment of patient needs can reduce costs in end-of-life care
Decision-makers can manage high expenditures as deaths increase and improve patient experience if they understand what drives end-of-life costs and if services find a better balance between treating disease and managing symptoms, ...
Jan 24, 2022
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Psychology & Psychiatry
How to nurture creativity in your kids
Parents who want their kids to be more creative may be tempted to enroll them in arts classes or splurge on STEM-themed toys. Those things certainly can help, but as a professor of educational psychology who has written extensively ...
Oct 22, 2021
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Pediatrics
Depression in dads of preemies deserves more attention
While postpartum depression in new mothers is well recognized and known to increase if the newborn requires intensive care, depression in new fathers has not received much attention. A large study, published in the journal ...
Jun 18, 2021
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