Health
More trees, parks may mean longer lives for city dwellers
(HealthDay)—More green spaces in cities could significantly reduce premature deaths and their costs, researchers say.
Apr 28, 2020
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Infants 10 to 16 months old prefer those who yield in conflicts, study finds
Social status matters, even to infants between 10 and 16 months old, according to a new study by two University of California, Irvine cognitive scientists. Published online in Current Biology, the research found that in staged ...
Jul 3, 2019
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Cardiology
Loneliness linked with elevated risk of cardiovascular disease in patients with diabetes
Loneliness is a bigger risk factor for heart disease in patients with diabetes than diet, exercise, smoking and depression, according to research published June 29 in the European Heart Journal,.
Jun 29, 2023
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Study shows infants' understanding of social norms
Our everyday lives are full of rules, such as how we should dress, how we greet each other, which side of the road we drive on, and when we cross at traffic lights. These and many other social norms are the basis for human ...
Feb 7, 2024
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Charles Darwin wrote about how expressions evolved, preempting modern psychology by a century
Was Charles Darwin a one-hit wonder? According to scientists who take a gene's-eye view of evolution, the 19th-century English naturalist contributed one crucial idea to understanding how species change: natural selection, ...
Feb 7, 2022
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Long social isolation can lead to poor health
For many people around the world, it's been at least a month since mandatory stay-at-home orders were issued because of a novel coronavirus pandemic.
Apr 27, 2020
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Threat or safety? Why discriminating negative from neutral stimuli is important to promote resilience
Why does stress trigger the development of mental disorders, such as depression, in one person, while others successfully maintain mental health despite adversity? This latter case is referred to as the phenomenon of resilience. ...
Apr 18, 2023
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
COVID-19: lessons to learn about the first 4.0 pandemic
Although the SARS-CoV-2 outbreak emerged suddenly in the popular market of exotic and wild animals in Wuhan in December 2019, phylogenetic studies show that coronavirus was already present in latency phase in October in the ...
May 18, 2020
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Why magical thinking is so widespread: A look at the psychological roots of common superstitions
Growing up in Greece, I spent my summers at my grandparents' home in a small coastal village in the region of Chalkidiki. It was warm and sunny, and I passed most of my time playing in the streets with my cousins. But occasionally, ...
Nov 10, 2022
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Can I complain about coronavirus? Why it is OK to vent, sometimes
The COVID-19 pandemic is different from many crises in that it has affected all of us regardless of politics, economics, religion, age or nationality. This virus is a good reminder that humanity is vulnerable to what nature ...
Mar 30, 2020
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