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People's eyes widen in response to interest and engagement, finds study

As busy people, we juggle many tasks, keep many balls in the air, and try to avoid letting anything drop. In class, instructors toss out ideas; sometimes they go over our heads, but other times we grasp them quickly.

21 Oct 2021

University of Ottawa launches Canada's first Interdisciplinary Centre for Black Health

The University of Ottawa is launching Canada's first academic research center dedicated to studying the health of Black communities, creating an interdisciplinary center examining biological, social, economic, and cultural determinants.

20 Oct 2021

Albert Einstein College of Medicine wins new NIH funding to support diabetes research

Albert Einstein College of Medicine has received a five-year, $4 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to support the New York Regional Center for Diabetes Translation Research (NY-CDTR).

20 Oct 2021

Children's facial expressions of emotion after sleep restriction forecast social problems

When Shakespeare called sleep "nature's soft nurse," he was definitely onto something. Centuries later researchers have found that inadequate sleep in children affects their emotional functioning in ways that may predict longer-term social problems. A new study, published in Affective Science by University of Houston professor of psychology Candice Alfano, examined whether changes in children's facial expressions of emotion after sleep restriction predict social problems concurrently and/or over time.

20 Oct 2021

Researchers unravel basic mechanisms of learning new words in sleeping toddlers

Very young children learn words at a tremendous rate. Now researchers at the Center for Mind and Brain at the University of California, Davis, have for the first time seen how specific brain regions activate as two-year-olds remember newly learned words - while the children were sleeping.

19 Oct 2021

Study: Funny memes may help people cope with COVID-19 stress

Funny memes may help people cope with the stress of the COVID-19 pandemic, making viewers feel calmer and more content, according to research published by the American Psychological Association.

18 Oct 2021

New study focuses on getting shy children to face their fears

Getting shy children to 'face their fears' and coaching parents in exposure therapy is the focus of a new study at The University of Queensland.

18 Oct 2021

Study finds many undocumented health problems among individuals exposed to bushfire smoke

The physical and mental burden of prolonged exposure to bushfire smoke is vastly underestimated by official statistics that are based upon admissions into the health system, finds a large survey of residents affected by the widespread bushfires close to Canberra, Australia's capital city, in the summer of late 2019 and early 2020.

15 Oct 2021

Children with cerebral palsy benefit most from higher doses of CIMT therapy

Children with cerebral palsy can gain greater use of an impaired arm and hand with larger doses of Constraint-Induced Movement Therapy (CIMT) – without increasing stress for parents, according to a new study by researchers at Virginia Tech's Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC, UVA Children's, The Ohio State University, and Nationwide Children's Hospital.

15 Oct 2021

Connection to nature during the pandemic linked with children's wellbeing

Children from less affluent backgrounds are likely to have found COVID-19 lockdowns more challenging to their mental health because they experienced a lower connection with nature than their wealthier peers, a new study suggests.

15 Oct 2021

Research receives $1.74 million to explore how prenatal alcohol exposure leads to 'anxious' offspring

A researcher at Binghamton University, State University of New York has received a $1.74 million, five-year grant from the National Institutes of Health to explore how prenatal alcohol exposure leads to 'anxious' offspring.

15 Oct 2021

Uppsala Health Summit focuses on pathways to lifelong mental wellbeing

Increasing mental ill health is one of the most urgent public health challenges in the world. The global meeting Uppsala Health Summit, to be held online on 18-21 October, will discuss which preventive measures societies should deploy to better address this troubling trend.

14 Oct 2021

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People's eyes widen in response to interest and engagement, finds study

University of Ottawa launches Canada's first Interdisciplinary Centre for Black Health

Albert Einstein College of Medicine wins new NIH funding to support diabetes research

Children's facial expressions of emotion after sleep restriction forecast social problems

Researchers unravel basic mechanisms of learning new words in sleeping toddlers

Study: Funny memes may help people cope with COVID-19 stress

New study focuses on getting shy children to face their fears

Study finds many undocumented health problems among individuals exposed to bushfire smoke

Children with cerebral palsy benefit most from higher doses of CIMT therapy

Connection to nature during the pandemic linked with children's wellbeing

Research receives $1.74 million to explore how prenatal alcohol exposure leads to 'anxious' offspring

Uppsala Health Summit focuses on pathways to lifelong mental wellbeing

UC San Diego researchers receive NIH award to expand the study of developing brains

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Study suggests less access to nature may contribute to higher COVID-19 case rates

Study shows sleep loss does not interfere with ability to evaluate emotional situations

Mortality among people with mental health conditions amplified during the COVID-19 pandemic

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