Kids were born to move, engage, play and most importantly, be kids. Getting them off the couch and outside after school may be the best way to improve their brain. Researchers at the University of Illinois have found that just an hour of fun, active play not only gets kids in better shape but significantly improves their cognitive functioning.
Date Posted: June 12, 2015
Categories: Child Development
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Brain inflammation caused by chronic nerve pain alters activity in regions that regulate mood and motivation, suggesting for the first time that a direct biophysical link exists between long-term pain and the depression, anxiety and substance abuse ...
Jun 12
Categories: Anxiety, Depression
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There is probably nothing more fun than making a baby or toddler laugh. And now there's news that it could even help with learning - the toddler's not the adult's.
Jun 11
Categories: Child Development
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Sometimes it's cute when kids act self-centered. Yet parenting styles can make the difference between a confident child and a narcissistic nightmare, psychologists at the University of Amsterdam and Utrecht University in the Netherlands concluded ...
Jun 11
Categories: Child and/or Adolescent Issues, Child Development
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Everyone makes assumptions in romantic relationships. And these assumptions can get us into trouble. That’s because we create explanations for another person’s behavior without knowing if that interpretation is actually correct. And often it ...
Jun 10
Categories: Relationships & Marriage
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Some OCD sufferers may choose to continue doing their compulsions. They may believe they are unable to do difficult things. Others may continue to endure in silence and may be unaware that there are answers to their misery. There are some who begin ...
Jun 10
Categories: Obsessions & Compulsions (OCD)
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Children who received general anesthesia for surgery before age 4 had diminished language comprehension, lower IQ and decreased gray matter density in posterior regions of their brain, according to a new study. The authors of the study recommend ...
Jun 10
Categories: Adult psychological development, Child Development
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Poor sleep is a channel through which Alzheimer’s disease can be triggered, a new study finds. Professor Matthew Walker, one of the neuroscientist who authored the study, said: “This discovery offers hope. Sleep could be a novel therapeutic ...
Jun 9
Categories: Adult psychological development
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Eye contact plays a crucial role when people initiate interaction with other people and is also a powerful social signal, which is known to increase our physiological arousal. Researchers have found that personality modulates the way one's brain ...
Jun 9
Categories: Personality problems
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A recent University of Houston (UH) study suggests that long-term exposure to news may negatively influence racial bias towards social groups. Temple Northup, assistant professor at UH's Jack J. Valenti School of Communication, studied the influence ...
Jun 9
Categories: Other
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As a result of their work, teachers suffer psychosomatic disorders such as exhaustion, fatigue, and headaches more frequently than other occupational groups. This has been shown by Klaus Scheuch et al. in a recent review article in Deutsches ...
Jun 8
Categories: Adult psychological development
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Many of us are familiar with procrastination. Increasing your productivity and reducing the tendency to procrastinate could help you achieve more of your goals!
Jun 8
Categories: Adjusting to Change / Life Transitions
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As usual, Mom was right. Her advice to get to bed early is being confirmed by human performance researchers, sleep specialists and sports medicine doctors. Kids, especially young athletes, need more sleep.
Jun 8
Categories: Child Development
GOWeight loss surgery could possibly improve the health of obese patients, it could also result in greater intimacy between their partners. Perhaps, adding a spark to their sex life.
Jun 6
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In Canada, Psychologists discovered that there could be a new memory syndrome in healthy people with specific inability to re-live their past. It seems like a form of amnesia however the patients do not have history of brain damage or illness or ...
Jun 6
Categories: Cognitive Problems Amnesia / Dementia
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We think of ourselves as good, honest people. Yet, we lie from time to time. Are we deceiving ourselves?
Jun 6
Categories: Adult psychological development, Identity Problems, Values ...
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