Body mass index (BMI) has been linked to inflammation, and systemic inflammation has been linked to decreased cognition. Now, a new study directly links a high BMI to lower cognitive functioning. The current study, published in the journal Brain, Behavior, and Immunity, is the first step in ...
Date Posted: November 28, 2016
Categories: Cognitive Problems Amnesia / Dementia, Health Psychology
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Just over ten years ago, a fascinating journal article argued that some children are like orchids – they don’t just wither in response to a harsh upbringing, they also flourish in a positive environment, unlike their “dandelion” peers who ...
Nov 28
Categories: Child Development, Parenting
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What happens in your brain when you experience gratitude? A study last year set out to determine the neural correlates of gratitude using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI).
Nov 26
Categories: Happiness
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Research on rhesus macaques finds that social interactions can influence immune system health. Specifically, social hierarchies among rhesus macaques give rise to differences in their ability to respond to bacterial and viral invaders. This has ...
Nov 26
Categories: Adjusting to Change / Life Transitions, Health Psychology
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The mere act of putting one foot in front of the other for a few minutes has a significant beneficial impact on our mood, regardless of where we do it, why we do it, or what effect we expect the walk to have. That’s according to a pair of ...
Nov 25
Categories: Sports Psychology
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Stress is inevitably common in our lives and everyone equip a different coping strategy to deal with stressful events deemed fit for themselves. Some people may use coping strategies more than others. There are three techniques for keeping ...
Nov 25
Categories: Stress Management
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People who experienced high anxiety any time in their lives had a 48%t higher risk of developing dementia compared to those who had not, according to a new study led by USC researchers. The study sample involved data collected over 28 years from ...
Nov 24
Categories: Anxiety, Cognitive Problems Amnesia / Dementia, Dementia
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Good nutrition has long been viewed as a cornerstone of physical health, but research is increasingly showing diet's effect on mental health, as well. Psychology researchers are taking different approaches to understand the many ways in which ...
Nov 24
Categories: Health Psychology
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Nov 23
Categories: Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) / Trauma / Complex PTSD
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Take the next five minutes and imagine yourself in the future. This future self is doing wonderfully. You have worked hard and it is really paying off. You’re achieving all you set out to do. Everything has turned out in the best way possible. ...
Nov 23
Categories: Positive Psychology
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Despite the fact that 77% of Americans are trying to lose weight, nearly 70% of all Americans are obese or overweight. Given the inability of the majority of us to manage our weight, are we all just weak-willed slackers? Or are other factors ...
Nov 22
Categories: Eating Disorders, Health / Illness / Medical Issues, Self-Love
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Places of work have become fairer thanks to their embrace of meritocracy: the idea that the best person for the job is the right person for the job. Formal assessment processes, for example, help ensure that interviews are granted on merit, rather ...
Nov 22
Categories: Workplace Issues
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When someone’s talking to you, have you noticed how they seem to keep breaking off eye contact, as if finding it hard to both talk and look you in the eye at the same time? Similarly, when you’re explaining something to someone or telling them a ...
Nov 21
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Putting a student at the centre of their own learning seems like fundamental pedagogy. Obviously, we learn best when motivated and when learning is fun. Allowing us to explore our curiosity is a way to allow both. However, putting the trajectory of ...
Nov 19
Categories: Academic Issues, Child and/or Adolescent Issues, Teenage Issues
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Full-blown empty-nest syndrome - debilitating grief and loss of purpose - is mercifully rare, but that doesn't mean the transition isn't still painful and complicated, as well as exciting and discombobulating. How do parents acknowledge the past and ...
Nov 19
Categories: Family Problems, Parenting
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In 1968, psychological scientists Anthony Doob and APS Fellow Alan E. Gross came across an interesting finding: People were quicker to honk their horns when they were stuck behind a clunker rather than a newer, more expensive “high status” car. ...
Nov 18
Categories: Anger Management
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