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Mindfulness class provides clear benefit for women, study finds

In a new study of a Brown University scholarly course on mindfulness that also included meditation labs, researchers found that the practice on average significantly helped women overcome "negative affect" -- a downcast mood -- but did not help men.

20 Apr 2017

Stimulating the brain in younger age can help people stay mentally healthy in later life

Stimulating the brain by taking on leadership roles at work or staying on in education help people stay mentally healthy in later life, according to new research.

20 Apr 2017

Study: Children under certain ages lack perceptual judgment, motor skills to cross busy roads

For adults, crossing the street by foot seems easy. You take stock of the traffic and calculate the time it will take to get from one side to the other without being hit.

20 Apr 2017

Researchers find that volunteering may help reduce substance abuse among female student-athletes

More than 180,000 student-athletes from 450 colleges and universities compete in Division III sports, the largest NCAA division; nearly 44 percent are female.

19 Apr 2017

Study highlights impact of familial poverty on toddlers’ brain development

A study carried out by the University of Granada (UGR) has revealed that familial poverty has an impact on the toddlers' brain functioning. Infants belonging to families with lower economic resources and a lower level of education present a more immature functioning and less ability to detect errors.

18 Apr 2017

Positive emotion intervention improves health in people newly diagnosed with HIV

When individuals recently diagnosed with HIV were coached to practice skills to help them experience positive emotions, the result was less HIV in their blood and lower antidepressant use, reports a new Northwestern Medicine study.

17 Apr 2017

Research reveals poor cognitive skills as main factor for fraud victimization in older adults

When comparing victims of fraud to those who had never been victimized, lead authors Dr. Kang Lee and doctoral researcher Rebecca Judges at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education at the University of Toronto, along with researchers at Ryerson University, found that older victims have poorer cognitive abilities in everyday activities and are less conscientious and less honest than non-victims of the same age group.

17 Apr 2017

FSU study finds no evidence that brain games improve cognitive function

Be skeptical of ads declaring you can rev up your brain's performance by challenging it with products from the growing brain-training industry.

17 Apr 2017

Repetition of other parts of speech can influence magnitude of syntactic priming effect

According to Glasgow and HSE/Northumbria researchers, repetition of non-verbs as well as verbs can boost the effect of syntactic priming, i.e. the likelihood of people reproducing the structure of the utterance they have just heard.

17 Apr 2017

Healthy adults with small inferior frontal cortex more likely to suffer from anxiety, study finds

Healthy college students who have a relatively small inferior frontal cortex - a brain region behind the temples that helps regulate thoughts and emotions - are more likely than others to suffer from anxiety, a new study finds.

13 Apr 2017

People sensitive to sexual disgust more likely to make duty-based moral judgments, study suggests

Every person has both utilitarian (consequentialist) and Kantian (duty- or rule-based) moral intuitions, which are activated in different situations in different ways. The field of Moral Psychology studies these types of intuitions and the psychological factors behind them.

13 Apr 2017

Frequent hot flashes may be linked to increased heart disease risk

Hot flashes, one of the most common symptoms of menopause, have already been shown to interfere with a woman's overall quality of life.

12 Apr 2017

Disability simulations do more harm than good, study reveals

Professionals in the fields of education and rehabilitation psychology have long used disability simulations to try to promote understanding and improve attitudes about persons with disabilities.

12 Apr 2017

Pupil dilation patterns of speakers and listeners synchronize during shared attention, study finds

A new Dartmouth study finds that listeners are most likely to tune in when a speaker delivers the most emotional peaks of his/her narrative, as revealed by synchronous pupil dilation patterns of speakers and listeners due to shared attention.

11 Apr 2017

Duke researchers link specific differences in brain structure to multiple forms of mental disorder

A Duke University study is the first to link specific differences in brain structure to what is common across many types of mental illness.

11 Apr 2017

Video therapy for parents may help children at risk of developing autism

The earliest autism intervention study in the world that uses video to provide feedback to parents of babies at family risk of autism, has indicated a reduction in the severity of emerging signs of autism.

From The University of Manchester 11 Apr 2017

Greebles may prove to be valuable tools in detecting early signs of Alzheimer's disease

Unique graphic characters called Greebles may prove to be valuable tools in detecting signs of Alzheimer's disease decades before symptoms become apparent.

11 Apr 2017

Study uncovers novel role for cortical interneurons in coding of spatial information

Researchers from King's College London have discovered a specific class of inhibitory neurons in the cerebral cortex which plays a key role in how the brain encodes spatial information. The findings are published in the journal Nature Neuroscience.

10 Apr 2017

People with burnout symptoms react faster to negative sounds of voice, study reveals

Approximately every fourth working aged Finn experiences symptoms of burnout that include exhaustion, cynicism and reduced professional efficacy and often also difficulties in concentration and memory.

10 Apr 2017

Study shows the aging brain has trouble generating brain waves required for deep sleep

Older people tend to experience less sleep, due to taking frequent trips to the bathroom, and losing the ability to create deep restorative sleep compared with young adults.

6 Apr 2017

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Mindfulness class provides clear benefit for women, study finds

Stimulating the brain in younger age can help people stay mentally healthy in later life

Study: Children under certain ages lack perceptual judgment, motor skills to cross busy roads

Researchers find that volunteering may help reduce substance abuse among female student-athletes

Study highlights impact of familial poverty on toddlers’ brain development

Positive emotion intervention improves health in people newly diagnosed with HIV

Research reveals poor cognitive skills as main factor for fraud victimization in older adults

FSU study finds no evidence that brain games improve cognitive function

Repetition of other parts of speech can influence magnitude of syntactic priming effect

Healthy adults with small inferior frontal cortex more likely to suffer from anxiety, study finds

People sensitive to sexual disgust more likely to make duty-based moral judgments, study suggests

Frequent hot flashes may be linked to increased heart disease risk

Disability simulations do more harm than good, study reveals

Pupil dilation patterns of speakers and listeners synchronize during shared attention, study finds

Duke researchers link specific differences in brain structure to multiple forms of mental disorder

Video therapy for parents may help children at risk of developing autism

Greebles may prove to be valuable tools in detecting early signs of Alzheimer's disease

Study uncovers novel role for cortical interneurons in coding of spatial information

People with burnout symptoms react faster to negative sounds of voice, study reveals

Study shows the aging brain has trouble generating brain waves required for deep sleep

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