Psychology & Psychiatry
War songs and lullabies behind origins of music
Love is not the reason why we sing and create symphonies—at least not the primary reason, according to a new evolutionary theory of the origins of music.
Oct 26, 2020
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Psychology & Psychiatry
We feel connected when we move together in time with music
Creating social bonds is essential for our health and well-being. In a new study conducted at Center for Music in the Brain at Aarhus University, Denmark, postdoctoral researcher Jan Stupacher and colleagues showed that music ...
Jun 26, 2020
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Psychology & Psychiatry
The sad truth about happiness scales
You might feel sad after looking closer at studies about happiness. That's because an emotion that's easy to experience is immensely difficult to measure, says Purdue University economist Timothy Bond.
Aug 16, 2019
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Health
Licence to Swill: James Bond's drinking over six decades
He may be licensed to kill but fictional British secret service agent James Bond has a severe alcohol use disorder, according to an analysis of his drinking behaviour published in the Medical Journal of Australia's Christmas ...
Dec 10, 2018
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Neuroscience
Laughter may be a serious evolutionary tool
(HealthDay)—Sharing a laugh can make you feel closer to someone else, and that quick-forming social bond may have been a big evolutionary boon to human survival, a small study suggests.
Jul 06, 2017
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Social laughter releases endorphins in the brain
Recent results obtained by researchers from Turku PET Centre, the University of Oxford and Aalto University have revealed how social laughter leads to endorphin release in the brain, possibly promoting establishment of social ...
Jun 02, 2017
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Combination approach may boost social interactions in autism
The hormone oxytocin, the so-called hug hormone or cuddle chemical, has more nicknames than proven medical uses. However, oxytocin may benefit children with autism spectrum disorders if receptors for opioids—brain chemicals ...
May 02, 2017
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Health
Study finds the more often people eat with others, the more likely they are to feel happy and satisfied with their lives
New research from the University of Oxford has revealed that the more often people eat with others, the more likely they are to feel happy and satisfied with their lives.
Mar 16, 2017
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Psychology & Psychiatry
How dads bond with toddlers: Brain scans link oxytocin to paternal nurturing
Fathers given boosts of the hormone oxytocin show increased activity in brain regions associated with reward and empathy when viewing photos of their toddlers, an Emory University study finds.
Feb 17, 2017
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Why children find 'poo' so hilarious – and how adults should tackle it
A boy meets a man carrying a load of cow manure and asks him what he is going to do with it all. The man tells the little boy, "I'm taking it home to put on my strawberries". The boy looks up at the man and says, "I don't ...
Feb 02, 2017
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