Psychology & Psychiatry

The Edwardians were also fans of brain training

Brain-training programmes are all the rage. They are part of a growing digital brain-health industry that earned more than US$1 billion in revenue in 2012 and is estimated to reach US$6 billion by 2020. The extent to which ...

Pediatrics

Dr. Spock's timeless lessons in parenting

The book ignited a revolution, breaking free from conventional wisdom that said children required schedules, discipline and little affection. Instead, "The Common Sense Book of Baby and Childcare," written by Dr. Benjamin ...

Psychology & Psychiatry

Shell shock and the First World War

A Cardiff researcher has revisited case records from the First World War, revealing the prevalence and devastating impact of shell shock on frontline soldiers.

Neuroscience

Combat veterans' brains reveal hidden damage from IED blasts

The brains of some Iraq and Afghanistan combat veterans who survived blasts from improvised explosive devices (IEDs) and died later of other causes show a distinctive honeycomb pattern of broken and swollen nerve fibers throughout ...

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