Tag: mood

Study suggests good sleep quality and good mood lead to good working memory with age

From the press release: A team of psychologists has found strong associations between working memory — a fundamental building block of a functioning mind — and three health-related factors: sleep,… Read more »

Study suggests healthy diet can ease symptoms of depression

From the University of Manchester press release: An analysis of data from almost 46,000 people has found that weight loss, nutrient boosting and fat reduction diets can all reduce the… Read more »

Study suggests sleep and mood affect how ‘in control’ older adults feel

From the North Carolina State University press release: Psychology researchers have found another reason that sleep, mood and stress are important: they affect the extent to which older adults feel… Read more »

Study links stress and REM sleep to pathways of brain cell death and survival

From the University of Surrey press release: The first and most distinct consequence of daily mild stress is an increase in rapid-eye-movement (REM) sleep, a new study in the journal PNAS reports…. Read more »

Social media study suggests moods deteriorate along with air quality

From the Massachusetts Institute of Technology press release: For many years, China has been struggling to tackle high pollution levels that are crippling its major cities. Indeed, a recent study… Read more »

Study suggests people take more risks when the general mood of a city is good

From the McGill University press release: What makes people take risks? Not stunt women or formula 1 drivers. Just ordinary people like you and me. Research published this week in PLOS… Read more »

Study suggests hugs may help protect against conflict-related distress

From the PLOS press release: Receiving hugs may buffer against deleterious changes in mood associated with interpersonal conflict, according to a study published October 3rd in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by… Read more »