Health
Skate parks get a good behaviour tick
If you think kids at skate parks are likely to be getting up to no good, think again.
Apr 14, 2014
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Where to draw the line between mental health and illness?
Accoording a recent study, schizophrenia is considered an illness by nearly all Finns, while grief and homosexuality are not. On the other hand, opinions vary greatly on whether alcoholism, work exhaustion, drug addiction ...
Jun 6, 2019
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Online dating booming but how much does education matter?
Online daters are most likely to contact people with the same level of education as them, but are less fussy about an intellectual match as they get older, according to QUT research.
Jan 3, 2017
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Psychology & Psychiatry
'FOMO' a vicious circle for social media users
The 'fear of missing out' (FOMO) phenomenon – a feeling that friends and connections are leading more interesting lives – is having a negative impact on the psychological wellbeing of social media users, a new study suggests.
Oct 14, 2016
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Neuroscience
Research shows signalling mechanism in the brain shapes social aggression
Duke-NUS researchers have discovered that a growth factor protein, called brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF), and its receptor, tropomyosin receptor kinase B (TrkB) affects social dominance in mice. The research has ...
Oct 19, 2018
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Nasal spray device for mental illness
Researchers at the University of Oslo have tested a new device for delivering hormone treatments for mental illness through the nose. This method was found to deliver medicine to the brain with few side effects.
Aug 28, 2015
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Health
Children born to mothers with low vitamin D levels may develop autism-like behaviors
Low levels of vitamin D during pregnancy and breast feeding may be related to an unusual pattern of brain development that can lead to differences in social behaviour of children in later life, according to a study published ...
Mar 20, 2018
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Neuroscience
Making your brain social: Failure to eliminate links between neurons produces autistic-like mice
In many people with autism and other neurodevelopmental disorders, different parts of the brain don't talk to each other very well. Scientists have now identified, for the first time, a way in which this decreased functional ...
Feb 2, 2014
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Medical research
There's more to oxytocin, the so-called love hormone
A new study published in Nature Communications reveals that the role of the hormone oxytocin may extend beyond childbirth and social behaviour. By analysing gene expression maps and brain activation patterns, researchers ...
Feb 14, 2019
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Psychology & Psychiatry
COVID-19: Vaccination status polarizes population
People who strongly identify with their COVID vaccine status discriminate more strongly against the respective other group. This is shown by a study conducted by the team led by Luca Henkel, member of the Cluster of Excellence ...
Nov 4, 2022
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