How brain circuits govern hunger and cravings
From the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center press release: The urge to satisfy hunger is a primal one, but — as any dieter knows — choices about when and what to eat can be influenced by…
Support in childhood makes midlife the prime time of life
From the University of Jyväskylä press release: There is a tendency to highlight the importance of cognitive achievements and the family’s socioeconomic background for people’s success in the future, but this study shows that children’s self-regulation,…
Early stress confers lifelong vulnerability causing alterations in a specific brain region
From the Mount Sinai Hospital / Mount Sinai School of Medicine: Early life stress encodes lifelong susceptibility to stress through long-lasting transcriptional programming in a brain reward region implicated in mood and depression, according to a…
Study examines effect of supporting children’s negative emotions
From the Wiley press release: New research suggests that whereas mothers who are more supportive of their children’s negative emotions rate their children as being more socially skilled, these same children appear less socially adjusted…
Study suggests “phone snubbing” leads to similar behaviour
From the Baylor University press release: People who are phone snubbed — or “phubbed” — by others are, themselves, often turning to their smartphones and social media to find acceptance, according to new research from…
Study suggests emphasizing individual solutions to big issues can reduce support for government efforts
From the Stanford University press release: Following the shutdown of the Fukushima power plant, which endured one of the worst nuclear accidents in history in 2011 due to a 9.0 magnitude earthquake and resulting tsunami,…
Study suggests “purposeful leaders” improve workplace morale
From the University of Sussex press release: People are happier and more productive when their leaders show strong morals, a clear vision and commitment to stakeholders, a new study has found. The growing importance of…
Study suggests meditation and yoga can ‘reverse’ DNA reactions which cause stress
From the Coventry University press release: Mind-body interventions (MBIs) such as meditation, yoga and Tai Chi don’t simply relax us; they can ‘reverse’ the molecular reactions in our DNA which cause ill-health and depression, according…
Study suggests feedback loop between loneliness and self-centeredness
From the University of Chicago press release: Research conducted over more than a decade indicates that loneliness increases self-centeredness and, to a lesser extent, self-centeredness also increases loneliness. The findings by researchers at the University…
Research shows how faces guide, and reflect, our social lives
From the Association for Psychological Science press release: For most of us, faces provide untold amounts of information about the people in our world. We use faces to identify someone as a friend or stranger,…