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A new review highlights that children and teenagers are particularly vulnerable to mental health issues during heatwaves, with significant increases in risk linked to rising temperatures. Insights ...
A new study indicates that introverts and individuals with lower natural joy experience the greatest mood boosts from dopamine-altering drugs and antidepressant placebos. The findings suggest that baseline personality…
A new study finds that as artificial intelligence advances, the fear of falling behind is creating a measurable psychological burden. Fortunately, building practical competence with these new digital tools can help…
I review about 100 character strengths studies per year. There are always a few studies that give me pause. I might see a ...
A new brain-imaging study suggests that dogs may be able to distinguish between certain negative human emotions just by looking at people’s faces.
A new study led by investigators at the UCLA Health Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center found that while traditional pathological features used to classify aggressive prostate cancer—such as ...
Scientists have found that a brief session of moderate cycling protects the brain's automatic recalibration process. The study highlights how acute exercise helps the nervous system maintain its ability to adjust…
A new clinical trial suggests that a single day of treatment with the inhaled psychedelic mebufotenin can rapidly relieve severe symptoms of postpartum depression, offering a potential alternative to daily medications.
School device use links with lower test scores and distractions abound. But reversing the entrenched pandemic pivot to screens will be hard.
New research suggests that believing a conspiracy theory doesn't always translate to real-world behavior. Instead, the likelihood of taking action is linked to how certain people are about their beliefs and how useful…
A new study led by investigators at the UCLA Health Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center found that while traditional pathological features used to classify aggressive prostate cancer -such as ...
A person’s rigid attempts to avoid anxious feelings might increase their likelihood of developing an anxiety disorder. New research suggests that learning to accept and adapt to psychological distress could be a key…
BostonSight and L V Prasad Eye Institute (LVPEI) have initiated a prospective clinical trial to evaluate the impact of PROSE and SCLERAL specialty lenses on the mental health of patients with corneal ...
As gambling becomes more accessible to college students, a statewide study of Mississippi's public universities found gambling problems frequently occur alongside depression, anxiety and substance use ...
Recent research published in Evolutionary Psychology identifies four distinct subgroups of male physical attraction. The study suggests men rarely prioritize breasts in isolation, indicating that buttocks play a more…
Veterans in Tuscaloosa with treatment-resistant depression will soon have access to a new clinical trial focused on evaluating the effectiveness and safety of using the psychedelic psilocybin as a ...
Cancer patients who received the experimental treatment in combination with standard therapies saw improvement, study finds.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 123, Issue 33, August 2026.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 123, Issue 33, August 2026.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 123, Issue 33, August 2026.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 123, Issue 33, August 2026.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 123, Issue 33, August 2026.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 123, Issue 33, August 2026.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 123, Issue 33, August 2026.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 123, Issue 33, August 2026. Redistributive policies designed to reduce economic inequality through taxes and transfers (e.g., safety-net benefits funded by…
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 123, Issue 33, August 2026. Small interfering RNAs (siRNAs) are widely used to repress gene expression. For human Argonaute2 (AGO2) to cleave target RNA, siRNAs…
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 123, Issue 33, August 2026.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 123, Issue 33, August 2026. SignificanceOn orbital timescales, terrestrial rainfall and Arabian Sea upwelling records of South Asian summer monsoon (SASM) evolve…
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 123, Issue 33, August 2026. SignificanceExon-skipping antisense oligonucleotides (ASOs) have been approved for the treatment of Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD)…
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 123, Issue 33, August 2026. SignificanceThe adult mammalian brain cannot efficiently replace neurons lost after injury or due to neurodegenerative disease…
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