Neuroscience
Brain structure varies depending on how trusting people are of others, study shows
A recent study from the University of Georgia shows differences in brain structure according to how trusting people are of others.
Mar 5, 2015
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Why is Finland the world's happiest country 6 years in a row?
The World Happiness Report published annually on 20 March is out, and there's no surprise at the top. For the sixth straight year, Finland is the world's happiest nation.
Apr 17, 2023
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Psychology study shows it's all in the name
A study involving Victoria University of Wellington researchers shows people trust strangers with easier-to-pronounce names—even if those strangers are all from the same country.
Mar 6, 2014
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Parental touch may reduce social anxiety in children
Parental touch reduces children's attention to social threat and increases trust, particularly in socially anxious children. As a result, parental touch may reduce children's social anxiety. These are the conclusions drawn ...
May 23, 2018
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Health
A wake-up call for parents who smack their children
Most parents want what's best for their children. But when it comes to discipline, some misguidedly use physical force to punish or intimidate. Let's be clear: hitting and unnecessarily hurting children is never justified ...
Aug 6, 2013
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Brains with compromised 'trust settings' a warning sign of lurking depression
Just as computer devices acting differently can hint at the possibility of malware lurking in the background, changes in brain patterns that shape trust behavior can warn of depression even if symptoms are still in stealth ...
Mar 6, 2023
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Trust in public health agencies during COVID-19 driven by beliefs that agencies led with science-based recommendations
In the first nationally representative survey of U.S. adults on reasons for trust in federal, state, and local public health agencies' information during the COVID-19 pandemic, researchers at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public ...
Mar 6, 2023
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Cheap, quick COVID-19 antibody test released for use
An international research team led by Oxford University scientists has developed a portable test for antibodies that fight the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19.
Mar 29, 2021
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HIV & AIDS
What we can learn from HIV to help end this pandemic
COVID-19 isn't the first time the world has had to deal with a global pandemic—and it won't be the last. But lessons learned from previous disease outbreaks, such as HIV/AIDS, play a key role in providing the tools and ...
Mar 7, 2022
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Vaccination
COVID-19 vaccines lies and hoaxes: How to inoculate yourself, family and friends against deadly misinformation
Top scientists have created an online guide to arm people with scientific facts and practical tips to fight lies, hoaxes and conspiracy theories that are threatening public trust in the COVID-19 vaccines.
Jan 7, 2021
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