Psychology & Psychiatry
Think therapy is navel-gazing? Think again
Midway through a recent lecture about my psychology research, a bright graduate student voiced a familiar question.
Feb 23, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Auditory COVID-19 symptoms could be anxiety driven
Reports of symptoms such as tinnitus and hearing loss during the coronavirus pandemic could in part have a psychosocial origin rather than being directly linked to COVID-19 or the SARS-CoV2 virus.
Feb 22, 2022
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Health
Brain function boosted by daily physical activity in middle-aged, older adults
A new study by researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine adds to the canon of research associating physical activity with cognitive performance, this time using 90 middle-aged and older subjects ...
Jan 31, 2022
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Finding creativity through movement
Movement helps us to think creatively. This insight is over 2000 years old—and already known to the philosophers in ancient Greece.
Jan 14, 2022
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Neuroscience
Boosting memory performance by finding amplitude of brain waves and speeding oscillations
The brain is made of millions of cells called neurons, that send electrical messages to talk to each other in patterns of vertical electric activity called oscillations. By inducing them first, then finding the amplitude ...
Nov 23, 2021
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Emotional instability proves key in half of the depressive traits among teenagers
Research directed by lecturers Generós Ortet and Manuel Ignacio Ibáñez, from the Department of Basic and Clinical Psychology and Psychobiology of the Universitat Jaume I, has concluded that a large part of the depressive ...
Nov 8, 2021
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Psychology & Psychiatry
People under stress more sensitive to message tone
A study involving more than 88,000 people from 47 countries conducted in the early months of the global coronavirus pandemic found people are less willing to take risks than before the pandemic.
Sep 17, 2021
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Regular exercise may lower risk of developing anxiety by almost 60%
A quick online search for ways to improve our mental health will often come up with a myriad of different results. However, one of the most common suggestions put forward as a step to achieving wellness—and preventing future ...
Sep 10, 2021
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Health
Research shows that exposure to sexualised images on Instagram leads to greater body dissatisfaction
The research team studied 247 Italian women aged 19 to 32 who were recruited to this study that considered reactions to both Instagram imagery and the comments alongside those images.
Aug 17, 2021
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Reputation is key to predicting performance, but it's often overlooked by employers
Organizations spend significant time, money and resources searching for the right workers. Yet, according to a new University of Toronto study, they may be overlooking the key ingredient in determining the success of future ...
Jul 16, 2021
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