Growing up in a well-off home can benefit a child’s physical health even decades later, but a lack of parent-child warmth, or the presence of abuse, may eliminate the health advantage of a privileged backgroundSource: Affection, Not Money, Key to [...]
A meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies (GWAS) has identified six loci or regions of the human genome that are significantly linked to personality traits, report researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine in this week's advance online [...]
A joint report released today by Mission Australia and Black Dog Institute shows more young Australians are in psychological distress than five years ago, with almost one in four young people in 2016 meeting the criteria for probable serious mental [...]
Many people are prone to 'remembering' events that never happened, according to new research by the University of Warwick. Source: Half of people believe fake facts
Yoga reduces blood pressure in patients with prehypertension, according to a study presented at the 68th Annual Conference of the Cardiological Society of India (CSI). Source: Yoga reduces blood pressure in patients with prehypertension
The sounds that dolphins make say far more than what meets the human ear: For the animals, those clicks and whistles are a complex chain of words and sentences, allowing them to convey messages with one another in a language [...]
While brain size has increased by about 350% over human evolution, blood flow to the brain has increased by an amazing 600%. The increase in the supply of blood to the brain appears to be closely linked to the evolution [...]
Mindfulness is the latest philosophical movement to capture the Western imagination. But is it really the cure-all for our psychological woes that its adherents claim it to be? Source: Is mindfulness all it's cracked up to be?
Understanding the human brain is arguably the greatest challenge of modern science. The leading approach for most of the past 200 years has been to link its functions to different brain regions or even individual neurons (brain cells). But recent [...]
A thought is a thought. It does not reflect reality. New research shows that learning how to ruminate less on thoughts and feelings has a positive effect for individuals with depression.Source: Tackling depression by changing the way you think