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, a better understanding of what maintains it can ...
Date Posted: June 20, 2019
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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Romantic attachment styles have an impact on how a person may behave in a romantic relationship as it influences the way they think and feel. Recent studies have identified the use of pronouns as a possible way of knowing what your partner’s ...
Jun 13
Categories: Attachment Issues, Relationships & Marriage
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A three-week experiment has found that making small, simple adjustments to one’s lifestyle can help enhance emotional and cognitive functioning. As the methods used help to regulate sleeping cycles, this could be beneficial for night owls whose ...
Jun 13
Categories: Sleep Disorders
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Researchers show that people do have a 'type' when it comes to dating, and that despite best intentions to date outside that type - for example, after a bad relationship, some will still gravitate to similar type of partners. However, research by ...
Jun 12
Categories: Attachment Issues, Ending a relationship issues, Relationships & ...
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Attachment Theory, proposed in the 1950s by British psychoanalyst John Bowlby, argues for the importance of our earliest relationships with our caregivers. This theory predicts that these formative bonds will shape the nature of our connections with ...
Jun 12
Categories: Attachment Issues
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Impressions about a person based on their physical appearances are formed almost instantaneously. Often, attractive people are judged to be more trustworthy and capable. What about people with facial abnormalities? Using brain imaging technology, a ...
Jun 11
Categories: Prejudice / Discrimination
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What advice would we give to our younger selves? Even with the popularity of this thought experiment, no one has, until now, systematically studied what people would tell themselves.
Jun 10
Categories: Adjusting to Change / Life Transitions, Health Psychology, Life ...
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