From the Boston University Medical Center press release via EurekAlert!: ‘Coming out’ as gay, lesbian or bisexual may be good for your health, particularly when parental support is involved. A comprehensive new study led by…
From the SUNY Buffalo press release: It turns out that the milk of human kindness is evoked by something besides mom’s good example. Research by psychologists at the University at Buffalo and the University of…
From the Association for Psychological Science press release: Money doesn’t buy happiness. Neither does materialism: Research shows that people who place a high value on wealth, status, and stuff are more depressed and anxious and…
From the Association for Psychological Science press release: Have you watched the movie Friday the 13th? Scary, isn’t it? Well, perhaps not quite as scary as the infamous Rebecca Black song, “Friday” – but close…
From the SAGE Publications press release: Does the growing number of psychiatric disorder diagnoses have an effect on people with mental illnesses? According to a new study, as definitions of mental illnesses become broader, people…
From the Cognitive Neuroscience Society press release: Sleep plays a powerful role in preserving our memories. But while recent research shows that wakefulness may cloud memories of negative or traumatic events, a new study has…
From the Cognitive Neuroscience Society press release: One of the most frustrating challenges for some stroke patients can be the inability to find and speak words even if they know what they want to say.…
From the Wiley-Blackwell press release via EurekAlert!: New research confirms that childhood onset temporal lobe epilepsy has a significant impact on brain aging. Study findings published in Epilepsia, a peer-reviewed journal of the International League…
From the BMJ-British Medical Journal press release via EurekAlert!: Cognitive therapy reduces the severity of psychotic experiences in adults who are at risk of developing conditions such as schizophrenia, a randomised controlled trial published on…
From the Wiley-Blackwell press release via EurekAlert!: In a study examining the relationship between physical activity and physical function, researchers from Australia discovered that older adults who experienced any level of psychological distress were more…