From the Penn State press release: Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) caused by traumatic military experiences is associated with feelings of anxiety, anger, sadness and/or guilt. New Penn State research is evaluating how PTSD symptoms increase…
From the California Institute of Technology press release: Chronic social isolation has debilitating effects on mental health in mammals — for example, it is often associated with depression and post-traumatic stress disorder in humans. Now,…
From the Ruhr-University Bochum press release: Stress can have a positive effect on extinction learning, which causes previously learned associations to dissolve. According to the findings of cognitive psychologists at Ruhr-Universität Bochum, stress causes extinction…
From the Portland State University press release: Older workers tend to feel more stress than younger workers when their employers don’t provide them with the support and resources needed to do their jobs well, according…
From the Taylor & Francis Group press release: The growing demand for children to get involved in organized activities outside of school is placing unprecedented strain upon families. A new study, published in Taylor &…
From the University of Southern California press release: Older adults appear more easily distracted by irrelevant information than younger people when they experience stress or powerful emotions — and a specific network in the brain…
From the University of South Florida press release: Music can be the ultimate mood setter. Faster beats ignite excitement, while slower songs help one relax. And that makes all the difference in what we order…
From the Loma Linda University Adventist Health Sciences Center press release: New research shows there might be health benefits to eating certain types of dark chocolate. Findings from two studies being presented today at the…
From the Society for Neuroscience press release: Recalling traumatic memories enhances the rewarding effects of morphine in male rats, finds new research published in JNeurosci. These findings may help to explain the co-occurrence of post-traumatic stress…
From the University of Colorado at Boulder press release: Children raised in a rural environment, surrounded by animals and bacteria-laden dust, grow up to have more stress-resilient immune systems and might be at lower risk…