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Classroom behavior: Why it's hard to be good
Being seen as either well behaved or naughty at school is never entirely in the hands of the individual child, this study funded by the Economic and Social Research Council shows. view more (2009-09-21)
Revealing the origins of morality -- good and evil, liberal and conservative
How much money would it take to get you to stick a pin into your palm? How much to stick a pin into the palm of a child you don't know? How much to slap a friend in the face (with his or her permission) as part of a comedy skit? Well, what about slapping you father (with his permission) as part of a skit? view more (2007-05-18)
How mirror neurons allow us to learn and socialize by going through the motions in the head
The old adage that we can only learn how to do something by trying it ourselves may have to be revised in the light of recent discoveries in neuroscience. view more (2008-12-19)
Oh, what a feeling!
People who have lost the ability to interpret emotion after a severe brain injury can regain this vital social skill by being re-educated to read body language, facial expressions and voice tone in others, according to a new study. view more (2008-11-21)
Brain-behavior disconnect in cocaine addiction
Parts of the brain involved in monitoring behaviors and emotions show different levels of activity in cocaine users relative to non-drug users, even when both groups perform equally well on a psychological test. view more (2009-05-26)
Psychiatric disorders more common in chidren born late in the school year
Research in this weeks BMJ reveals that being one of the youngest children in your school year puts you at greater risk of developing mental health problems. The authors surveyed over 10,000 school children in England, Scotland and Wales by using reports from teachers, parents and the pupils themselves. The questions probed aspects of the... view more... (2003-08-29)
Emotions count in organ donation
Feelings are more important than thoughts in predicting registration as an organ donor. This is the key finding of a study described today, Wednesday 18 July, at The British Psychological Society Social Section Annual Conference, held at the University of Surrey, Guildford, by Dr Tom Farsides, of the Social Psychology Group, School of Social... view more... (2001-07-12)
Scary Music Is Scarier with Your Eyes Shut
The power of the imagination is well-known: it's no surprise that scary music is scarier with your eyes closed. But now neuroscientist and psychiatrist Prof. Talma Hendler of Tel Aviv University's Functional Brain Center says that this phenomenon may open the door to a new way of treating people with Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and other neurological... view more... (2009-09-16)
Treatment costs fall and quality improves when patients use self-treatment tools
Encouraging patients to become involved in providing their own care can reduce the cost and improve the quality of long-term medical treatment, say researchers from Massachusetts General Hospital and Massachusetts Institute of Technology in PLoS Medicine this week. view more (2007-04-17)
Fear of crime or anxiety about a rapidly changing society?
Do we really fear crime or are we just anxious about neighbourhood breakdown and the speed of change in society? view more (2008-05-20)
What makes a killer?
Mind of a Murderer - The Mask of Sanity Tuesday 4th September, BBC 2 9.00pm A new three-part series exploring the inner workings of the minds of people who have killed starts on Tuesday 4 September on BBC 2. The first episode – The Mask of Sanity – looks at the mysterious and often misunderstood relationship between extreme violence... view more... (2001-09-03)
Online and offline relationships: the more things change the more they stay the same
Relationships carried out over the Internet are not so different from offline relationships. This is the finding of new research presented today, Thursday 19 July, at The British Psychological Society Social Section Annual Conference, held at the University of Surrey, Guildford, by Dr Monica Whitty, of the School of Applied Social and Human... view more... (2001-07-12)
Black-or-white thinking does your head in
People who see things in a categorical, all-or-nothing manner tend to become emotionally upset - often very angry - whenever their values or goals are thwarted, opposed or simply not met. Such emotional disturbance makes them less able to deal with problems, manage relationships and, if protracted, may result in longer term mental and physical... view more... (1999-06-09)
M.I.N.D. Institute researchers find important clue to learning deficit in children with autism
A study by researchers at the UC Davis M.I.N.D. Institute has discovered an important clue to why children with autism spectrum disorders have trouble imitating others: They spend less time looking at the faces of people who are modeling new skills. view more (2008-10-10)
Intelligent system to help autistic children recognize emotions
Computer scientists from Nanyang Technological University in Singapore are working on the development of an efficient and intelligent facial expression recognition system. view more (2009-10-20)
Where the brain stores word meanings
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Penalty shoot-outs can trigger heart attcks
Heart attacks increased by 25% when England lost to Argentina in a penalty shoot-out in the 1998 World Cup, concludes a study in this week's Christmas issue of the BMJ. These findings support the view that heart attacks can be triggered by emotional upset, such as watching your football team lose an important match, particularly those in which... view more... (2002-12-18)
Overly anxious and driven people prone to irritable bowel syndrome
Overly anxious and driven people are susceptible to irritable bowel syndrome, usually known as IBS, indicates research published ahead of print in the journal Gut. view more (2007-02-26)
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)
Is Your Partner Unable To Express Feelings? It May Be Due To Childhood Adversities
A group of Dutch investigators has published in the March-April issue of Psychotherapy and Psychoomatics a study linking childhood adversities and alexithymia (the inability to express emotions). Affect regulation is assumed to be a biologically based function that can become disrupted by inadequate parenting and by traumatic experiences. We... view more... (2004-02-16)
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