Health
Study reveals the face of sleep deprivation
A new study finds that sleep deprivation affects facial features such as the eyes, mouth and skin, and these features function as cues of sleep loss to other people.
Aug 30, 2013
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News tagged with social interaction
Autism spectrum disorders
Clinical study finds scalp acupuncture effective for treating autistic children
The School of Chinese Medicine (SCM) of Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU) conducted a clinical observation of scalp acupuncture treatment for 68 children with autism. The findings indicated that 66 patients have shown improvements ...
Oct 17, 2017
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Autism spectrum disorders
Women 'camouflaging' autistic traits suffer severe mental health challenges, study finds
In the United States, girls represent only about 20% of autism diagnoses. While boys may simply be more likely to have autism than girls, mental health professionals suspect that girls are also more adroit at suppressing ...
Jun 29, 2020
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Star-shaped brain cells shed light on the link between cannabis use and sociability
Regular exposure to cannabis may have a harmful impact on sociability. For some consumers, studies show that it may lead to withdrawal and reduced social interactions. However, the brain network and the mechanisms involved ...
Jul 8, 2020
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Alzheimer's disease & dementia
Dementia care improved by just one hour of social interaction each week
Increasing the amount of social interaction for people with dementia living in care homes to just one hour a week improves quality of life when combined with personalised care.
Feb 6, 2018
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Health
The effects of alcohol in real-life social interactions
Alcohol use in social settings can have both desirable and undesirable effects – ranging from better mood and less anxiety to verbal and physical aggression, including violence. These outcomes often reflect the interplay ...
Apr 5, 2018
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Traumatic social experience blocks social reward and promotes sustained social avoidance, study finds
Past social trauma is encoded by a population of stress/threat-responsive brain cells that become hyperactivated during subsequent interaction with non-threatening social targets. As a consequence, previously rewarding social ...
Nov 30, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Cuomo: All New York schools to remain closed through spring
New York's schools and colleges will remain shut through the end of the academic year because of the coronavirus pandemic, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Friday.
May 1, 2020
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Socially isolated people have differently wired brains and poorer cognition—new research
Why do we get a buzz from being in large groups at festivals, jubilees and other public events? According to the social brain hypothesis, it's because the human brain specifically evolved to support social interactions. Studies ...
Jun 17, 2022
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Neuroscience
Psychedelic drug MDMA may reawaken 'critical period' in brain to help treat PTSD
Johns Hopkins neuroscientists have found that the psychedelic drug MDMA reopens a kind of window, called a "critical period," when the brain is sensitive to learning the reward value of social behaviors. The findings, reported ...
Apr 4, 2019
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