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Yale findings hold promise for stopping progression of bipolar disorder
Changes in the brain that are important indicators of bipolar disorder are not prominent until young adulthood and are reduced in persons taking mood-stabilizing medications.   view more (2006-01-31)

Sleep deprivation also has impact on national health
Work-related sleeping disorders have proliferated rapidly in recent years with increases in occupational stress and abnormal working hours. "Sleep deprivation affects a person's emotional and mental faculties and increases the risk of, for example, cardiovascular diseases. Work-related... view more (2005-03-16)

Feeling empathy for a loved-one: empathy for pain activates pain-sensitive regions of the brain, says UCL study
Knowing our partner is in pain automatically triggers affective pain processing regions of our brains, according to new research by University College London (UCL) scientists. The study, published in the 20th February edition of the journal Science, asked whether empathizing with the pain of others... view more (2004-02-19)

Alcoholics show deficits in their ability to perceive dangerous situations
Alcoholics tend to be deficient in both cognitive and emotional processes. Previously, most brain-imaging research focused on cognition rather than emotion.   view more (2007-08-28)

Predicting the quality of life for older adults
As a growing number of baby boomers retire, our society will have more older adults than ever before, so it is crucial to determine what predicts quality of life in older age.   view more (2007-05-30)

From delicious to death: Understanding taste
Despite the significance of taste to both human gratification and survival, a basic understanding of this primal sense is still unfolding.   view more (2008-02-26)

Emotional impairment linked to cognitive deficits in bipolar children
Researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago used functional brain imaging to establish a link between emotional impairment and poor cognition in children with bipolar disorder.   view more (2005-10-21)

Feeling the holiday blues? Then you must have children
Parenthood is not associated with enhanced mental health, and, in fact, is more likely to be associated with symptoms of depression, according to recently published sociological research.   view more (2005-12-22)

Pleasure and pain: Study shows brain's 'pleasure chemical' is involved in response to pain too
For years, the brain chemical dopamine has been thought of as the brain's "pleasure chemical," sending signals between brain cells in a way that rewards a person or animal for one activity or another.   view more (2006-10-19)

University research shows that Tony Blair is benefiting from the presence of Gordon Brown
A survey conducted at the Centre for the Study of Group Processes, University of Kent, has thrown up some interesting results in the final run-up to the general election.   view more (2005-05-03)

Sudden death from stress linked to wonky signals in the brain
Sudden cardiac death from emotional stress may be triggered by uneven signals from the brain to the heart, according to a study by University College London (UCL) scientists published in the January issue of Brain.   view more (2004-12-23)

Research links childhood social skills and learning abilities
While federal programs such as No Child Left Behind emphasize the importance of academic skills to school success and achievement, there is growing interest in how social skills develop and how they contribute to learning.   view more (2007-06-21)

Hard to keep a straight face
It's hard to keep a straight face, and especially difficult if you meet someone who looks angry or happy. This the conclusion drawn from experiments carried out by Ulf Dimberg, professor of psychology at Uppsala University, Sweden, and his associates. The results, which are presented in the journal... view more (2002-10-22)

Putting your best cheek forward
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Phantoms in the brain: Pain after amputation
Losing a limb can be a traumatic experience and, in some cases, emotional and physical pain can linger for years.   view more (2008-05-13)

New 150 Million-Year-Old Crab Species Discovered
Researchers from Kent State University and the University of Bucharest, Romania, have discovered a new primitive crab species Cycloprosopon dobrogea in eastern Romania. Previously unexamined, these ancient crabs from the Prosopidae family existed more than 150 million years ago during the Jurassic... view more (2007-10-18)

Rutgers Researcher's Study Cites Media Violence as 'Critical Risk Factor' for Aggression
ou are what you watch, when it comes to violence in the media and its influence on violent behavior in young people, and a new paper, lead-authored by Rutgers University, Newark, researcher Paul Boxer, provides new evidence that violent media does indeed impact adolescent behavior.   view more (2008-11-20)

Teen angst rooted in busy brain
EMBARGOED UNTIL WEDNESDAY 16 OCTOBER 2002 19:00 BST UK CONTACT - Claire Bowles, New Scientist Press Office, London: Tel: +44(0)20 7331 2751 or email claire.bowles@rbi.co.uk Duncan Graham-Rowe "I NEVER asked to be born, life`s so unfair!" Familiar words to most parents with teenage children,... view more (2002-10-16)

Media invitation: Architecture of Fear
'It is not without significance that the extensive decentralisation of Western cities followed the first use of the atomic bomb in Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Something similar is happening now in the wake of 9/11,' says Anthony Elliott, Professor of Sociology at the University of Kent, in the run up... view more (2004-11-17)

Violence in schools - have we got what we deserved?
Self-seeking behaviour and material consumption so highly prized in western culture has led to increasing problems of violence and social exclusion in schools, says a Professor of Education at the University of Leicester. "When societies are reduced to collections of unrelated individuals, the law... view more (2002-05-28)

Brain imaging can predict effectiveness of cognitive behavior therapy for treating depression
Whether or not cognitive behavior therapy (CBT) will help a person recover from depression can be predicted through brain imaging.   view more (2006-04-03)

Financial Struggles Plague Families of Children with Autism
The information that a child has been diagnosed with autism often throws parents into an emotional tailspin.   view more (2008-03-03)

Product-emotion-meter helps in product design
Choosing a product is largely an emotional process. The subject of Pieter Desmet's research project was to try to unravel this relationship between product and emotion. Along with his research, he also developed a Product-Emotion meter (PrEmo) with which emotions towards a product can be measured.... view more (2002-06-20)

Mild maternal stress may actually help children mature
Contrary to popular belief, mild to moderate levels of maternal psychological stress during pregnancy may actually enhance fetal maturation, according to researchers from the Johns Hopkins University and the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development.   view more (2006-05-18)

What emotional memories are made of
Both extensive psychological research and personal experiences confirm that events that happen during heightened states of emotion such as fear, anger and joy are far more memorable than less dramatic occurrences.   view more (2007-10-05)
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