From the Taylor & Francis press release via AlphaGalileo: Sure, many young adults are ecstatic at that first taste of freedom that comes with “going away to college.” But for some, the intense transition can…
From the British Neuroscience Association press release via AlphaGalileo: Exposure of the developing foetus to excessive levels of stress hormones in the womb can cause mood disorders in later life and now, for the first…
From the University of Rochester press release via EurekAlert!: Fear of public speaking tops death and spiders as the nation’s number one phobia. But new research shows that learning to rethink the way we view…
From the Georgetown University Medical Center press release via EurekAlert!: A survey of current and former college athletes finds depression levels significantly higher in current athletes, a result that upended the researchers’ hypothesis. The finding…
From the Association for Psychological Science press release: Our emotional responses to the stresses of daily life may predict our long-term mental health, according to a new study published in Psychological Science, a journal of…
From the Association for Psychological Science press release: Being exposed to arguments between parents is associated with the way babies’ brains process emotional tone of voice, according to a new study to be published in…
From the Society for Research in Child Development press release via EurekAlert!: Marital conflict is a significant source of environmental stress for children, and witnessing such conflict may harm children’s stress response systems which, in…
From the McGill University press release via MedicalXpress: In the first large-scale review of 400 research papers in the neurochemistry of music, a team led by Prof. Daniel J. Levitin of McGill University’s Psychology Dept.…
From the UC Davis press release via MedicalXpress: Focusing on the present rather than letting the mind drift may help to lower levels of the stress hormone cortisol, suggests new research from the Shamatha Project…
From the University of North Carolina School of Medicine press release via ScienceDaily: New research from the University of North Carolina School of Medicine for the first time explains exactly how two brain regions interact…