Category: Emotions

Study suggests Mediterranean diet helps reduce effects of stress in animal model

From the Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center press release: Even before the pandemic and the presidential election, Americans reported some of the highest perceived levels of stress in the world,… Read more »

Study suggests unhealthy behaviours trigger brain responses similar to those prompted by bad smells

From the Université de Genève press release: Unhealthy behaviours trigger moral judgments that are similar to the basic emotions that contribute to our ability to survive. Two different hypotheses are… Read more »

Study suggests children use make-believe aggression and violence to manage bad-tempered peers

From the University of Cambridge press release: Children are more likely to introduce violent themes into their pretend play, such as imaginary fighting or killing, if they are with playmates… Read more »

Study suggests staying in touch with emotions can help reduce pandemic-induced stress

From the University of Iowa press release: Everybody, it seems, is stressed out to some degree by the coronavirus pandemic. It may be anguish over the sickness or death of… Read more »

Study suggests job security, finances strongly related to increased anxiety during pandemic

From the University of Connecticut press release: In mid-April 2020, the national unemployment rate reached 14.7 percent — the highest since the Great Depression. Forty-one million American workers filed for… Read more »