Dietary and lifestyle changes could be key to reducing risks for psychiatric disorders and improving overall mental health.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Researchers Identify Brain Ion Channel as New Approach to Treating Depression
Ezogabine, a drug that opens up the KCNQ2/3 type potassium channel, significantly improved symptoms of depression and anhedonia.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Only 2% of Conversations End When We Want Them To
Whether a conversation seems to last forever or is cut prematurely short, researchers say it is incredibly common to experience conversational disappointment.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: The Most Detailed Look Yet at the Neuroscience of Placebo Effects
Patients who reported a greater reduction in pain following being administered a placebo showed larger reductions in brain areas associated with pain construction.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Placebo Effect May Explain Reported Benefits of Psychedelic Microdoses
A placebo-controlled study of psychedelics reveals the psychological benefits of microdosing are most likely explained by the placebo effect.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Researchers Find Frustration Is an Additional Factor of Addiction
A new study looks at the role frustration plays in driving addiction.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: How Reading Aloud Can Be an Act of Seduction
Reading aloud to your partner may help with bonding and could be an underused seduction technique.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: As Death Approaches, Our Dreams Offer Comfort and Reconciliation
More than 80% of patients nearing the end of life reported experiencing dreams that were vivid, meaningful, and transformative. Patients reported the dreams made them feel supported, reassured and helped them to accept their impending death.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: The Risk of ADHD May Be Lower if Children Grow up in Green Environments
Children who grew up in residential areas surrounded by green space were less likely to be diagnosed with ADHD than those who were raised in areas without access to nature.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: AI Shows Public Attitude Toward COVID-19 Is More ‘Infectious’ Than Disease Itself
Applying an AI to analyze tweets, researchers report people’s attitudes toward COVID-19 may be more infectious than the virus itself.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Five Ways Boredom Could Be Changing Your Behavior, for Better or Worse
Researchers investigate why boredom can be both good and bad for our mental health and behaviors.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Picture Books Can Boost Physical Activity for Youth With Autism
A new picture book with step-by-step instructions on how to do basic exercises like jumping jacks, helps increase levels of physical activity in young people with ASD.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: ‘Explicit Instruction’ Provides Dramatic Benefits in Learning to Read
Those who received explicit instructions about the relationship between sound and spelling experienced dramatic improvements in their reading ability.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Psychological ‘Signature’ for the Extremist Mind Uncovered
Researchers conclude the mind of an extremist is marked by a mixture of conservative and dogmatic psychological signatures. Extremists tend to be cognitively cautious, slower at perceptual processing, and have weaker working memory. This is compounded …
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: How Exercise Keeps Your Brain Healthy and Protects It Against Depression and Anxiety
From helping improve cognitive health to improving symptoms of mental health problems such as depression and anxiety, researchers examine the benefits of exercise on brain health.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Social Media Use Driven by Search for Reward, Akin to Animals Seeking Food
The use of social media, specifically to drive “likes” to our content, follows a pattern of “reward learning”, much like when an animal is trained to seek food rewards.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Making Music Tunes up Wellbeing During Lockdown
Online music improvisation collaborations helped improve mood, reduce feelings of loneliness, and promote feelings of community for participants.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Sexual Intimacy Is a Natural Sleep Aid for Insomnia
Sexual activity before sleep increases oxytocin and reduces the stress-related hormone cortisol. Researchers say sexual activity at bedtime can help reduce symptoms of insomnia and reduce sleep disruptions.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Study Defines Ideal Children’s Bedtime Routine
Researchers outline six key measures that should be implemented to optimize your child’s bedtime routine.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: High Smoking Dependence Linked to Depression
Smokers with a higher dependency on tobacco had a greater probability of reporting symptoms of depression.
