Newborns arrive into the world with an immunity system with antibodies transferred to by their mothers via the placenta. The rules by which the placenta performs this essential function have been unknown but could hold the key to generating more powerful vaccines to protect infants.
Date Posted: June 24, 2019
Categories: Child Development, Health / Illness / Medical Issues, Health ...
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Researchers have found that our memories are accumulated more strongly when the original experiences are accompanied by strong (unpleasant) odours. These results demonstrate that bad smells can produce memory enhancements in both adolescents and ...
Jun 22
Categories: Adjusting to Change / Life Transitions
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Psychologists have found strong associations between working memory and 3 health related factors; sleep, age and depressed mood. This study shows how these factors are associated with memory quality and quantity.
Jun 22
Categories: Child Development, Cognitive Problems Amnesia / Dementia, Sleep ...
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Recent studies have found that the inability to suppress vivid and positive memories associated with objects can lead to hoarding problems for individuals.
Jun 21
Categories: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Other
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Despite knowing about their child’s sexual orientation for two years, parents of many LGB youths still find the news hard to swallow.
Jun 21
Categories: LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, & Transgender) Issues, Parenting
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Learning how to drive could be highly beneficial for adolescents with autism as it enhances their life skills and allows them to be more independent. A study seeking to expand the available information suggested that parents should give these ...
Jun 21
Categories: Autism spectrum disorders, Parenting
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The lack of positive social interactions such as the ability to mimic the facial expressions of others spontaneously could contribute to one’s continuous social isolation and loneliness. As loneliness has been found to increase the risks of dying, ...
Jun 20
Categories: Social Isolation
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Social anxiety can happen to anyone, anytime. Individuals who suffer from it often find themselves tensing up during social situations, to the point where they start to feel physiological changes in their body indicating anxiousness or stress. ...
Jun 20
Categories: Anxiety, Social Anxiety / Phobia
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Research from the University of Georgia says that both types of involvement – caregiving vs play, workday vs non-workday – have an impact on the quality of the early father-child relationship.
Jun 19
Categories: Attachment Issues, Caregiver Issues / Stress, Child Development
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A study of nearly 3000 fourth, fifth and sixth graders, aged between 10-12 – revealed a connection between midday napping and greater happiness, self-control, fever behavioural problems and higher IQ. Neuro-criminologist Adrian Raine says that, ...
Jun 19
Categories: Academic Issues, Child Development, Health Psychology
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Given that the promises of ‘til death do us part’ are broken ever so often, how might couples know if they are ready to tie the knot?
Jun 18
Categories: Relationships & Marriage
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Spending at least 2 hours a week in nature may be important for promoting health and well-being, according to a new large-scale study.
Jun 17
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Researchers from Western Sydney University, Harvard University, Kings College, Oxford University and University of Manchester have found that the Internet can produce both acute and sustained alterations in specific areas of cognition, which may ...
Jun 17
Categories: Addictions, Social Isolation
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Researchers have compared between 38 pregnant women, currently well with history of depression and bipolar disorder against 28 other healthy pregnant women. They also tested 18 non-pregnant women, as controls. Between the 27th and 39th weeks of ...
Jun 15
Categories: Bipolar, Child and/or Adolescent Issues, Child Development, Depression
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Brain regions in charge of processing rewards are involved in promoting heavy cannabis use, but not all heavy cannabis users are dependent on the drug. A recent study has suggested that regions controlling habit formation are more responsible for ...
Jun 14
Categories: Addictions, Drug Addiction
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Some antidepressants may cause older adults to experience more harmful events such as falls, hence outweighing the positive effects they may have on the mental health of these individuals. While pharmacological interventions are popular for dealing ...
Jun 14
Categories: Depression, Health / Illness / Medical Issues
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