Study looks at why yoga reduces stress
From the UCLA press release: Six months ago, researchers at UCLA published a study that showed using a specific type of yoga to engage in a brief, simple daily meditation reduced the stress levels of…
Piglet study provides insights into human cognitive development
From the University of Illinois College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences press release via EurekAlert!: Events that take place early in life almost certainly have consequences for later cognitive development. Establishing the connections is…
Study suggests stress hormones switch off areas of the brain for goal-directed behaviour
From the Ruhr-Universität Bochum press release via EurekAlert!: Cognition psychologists at the Ruhr-Universität together with colleagues from the University Hospital Bergmannsheil (Prof. Dr. Martin Tegenthoff) have discovered why stressed persons are more likely to lapse…
Study looks at information exchange between separate identities in patients with disassociative identity disorder
From the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) press release via MedicalXpress: People with Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID) are able to exchange information among their separate identities. This has been revealed by experiments conducted by…
Study suggests stroke caregivers at risk for depression
From the Loyola University Health System press release via EurekAlert!: Caregivers of stroke survivors are at risk for developing depression and complications from chronic stress, according to a study published by researchers at the Loyola…
Study suggests sleep deprivation may reduce risk of PTSD
From the Ben-Gurion University press release via EurekAlert!: Sleep deprivation in the first few hours after exposure to a significantly stressful threat actually reduces the risk of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), according to a study…
Study links higher job strain with increased cardiovascular risk for women
From the Public Library of Science press release via EurekAlert!: Women with high job strain are 67% more likely to experience a heart attack and 38% more likely to have a cardiovascular event than their…
Researchers develop new intervention for PTSD patients
From the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) press release via ScienceDaily: Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is more treatable than previously thought. A novel method has shown to be remarkably effective. The method, called…
Study suggests that abuse in childhood may lead to increased cancer risk in adulthood
From the Purdue University press release via EurekAlert!: Frequent abuse by a parent can increase a child’s cancer risk in adulthood, and the effects are especially significant when mothers abuse their daughters and fathers abuse…
Study finds salivary and pupil size differences in children with autism spectrum disorder
From the University of Kansas, Life Span Institute press release via Newswise: University of Kansas researchers have found larger resting pupil size and lower levels of a salivary enzyme associated with the neurotransmitter norepinephrine in…