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A recent study of over 50,000 individuals reveals that genetic predispositions for health and personality traits predict voter turnout. Using advanced DNA scoring, researchers shed light on how genetics might influence…
A flash of light can make a sound seem to come from the wrong place. Musicians are less susceptible to this illusion, a new study suggests, possibly because they are less inclined to assume the two share a source.
People who scored higher on a creative drawing test tended to have stronger white matter in pathways tied to movement and vision, according to a brain imaging study of 142 young adults in Austria.
A study of people who had been exposed to a disaster found different long-term patterns of alcohol use and mental health that were interrelated and influenced by individual differences and the type of ...
A new University of Canterbury-led study of almost 1 million young people in New Zealand shows the environments they live in may be linked to their mental health over time. Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha ...
Scientists discovered that declining levels of a protein called Menin may help drive aging, and restoring it in older mice reversed several age-related changes in just 30 days. Even more surprisingly, supplementing with…
A rapidly growing movement of psychologists is exposing the invisible mentality beneath meat eating, revealing why we’re disgusted by the meat of some animals but not others.
Why do some men lose their confidence around women they find attractive? A psychology study reveals how attraction, the pressure to impress and the fear of making the wrong impression can affect ...
Getting better sleep might be as simple as moving a little more every day. Researchers at The University of Texas at Austin found that people who exercised more frequently experienced more deep, restorative sleep, which…
A cross-sectional study of 453 Portuguese preschool children found that 23.6 percent showed borderline or abnormal mental health scores, with household income, family structure and lack of sports ...
A large study suggests loneliness and social isolation can cost people years of healthy life, especially when it comes to mental health. Men experiencing both lost about 5.8 years free from depression and anxiety, while…
How much time children spend on screens may matter less than many assume. In a Scottish study following thousands of children to age 15, screen time showed few consistent links with emotional and behavioral difficulties.
Gay, lesbian, and bisexual people report worse mental health on average than heterosexual people. But when they’re compared with their own heterosexual siblings and twins, much of that gap shrinks, a new meta-analysis of…
People who believe in the devil and hell are more likely to blame society for poverty, while those who believe in a supportive deity are less likely to do so, according to a recent survey of South Korean adults.
Mail-in ballots are usually discussed as a way to boost turnout. New research suggests they may also help voters make better choices, with mail voters more likely to pick the candidate aligned with their stated…
A history of childhood neglect or abuse may be reflected in how the body handles stress during pregnancy. In a new study, affected women showed stronger inflammatory responses to a stress test, linked in turn to more…
Highly intelligent women often face a hidden social penalty in the workplace. A new study reveals that female employees with high cognitive ability are perceived as more hostile, leading to fewer supportive interactions…
Boys are diagnosed with autism earlier than girls, so are genetic differences between early and late diagnosis really about sex? For early-diagnosed autism, a new study suggests not. For late diagnosis, the answer…
The Arab Youth Center (AYC) has released a study showing that 94.8% of participants view youth mental health as a shared responsibility across educational institutions, workplaces, families and young ...
A retrospective TriNetX cohort study by Drexel University researchers examines psychiatric outcomes in patients with polycystic ovary syndrome-associated acne treated with spironolactone, oral ...
High blood pressure, or hypertension, affects nearly half of Americans. In a new study, researchers found it can affect mental health.
Women were more interested in hypothetical jobs, and expected to feel more at home in them, when told most employees were women, according to four studies that pitted gender representation against job ads emphasizing…
Depression may not be one biological condition, but several distinct patterns of brain activity hiding under the same diagnosis. Researchers studying 263 people with depression identified five brain profiles, each…
Recovering from depression doesn’t always mean feeling things fully again. In a study of 106 patients on antidepressants, emotional blunting was less common among patients in remission but still affected 45% of them.
Loneliness among parents of emigrated children links to psychological distress, emotion regulation issues, and problematic series watching, per NIMHANS study.
Vocational college students are in a growth stage where professional learning, skills training, enterprise internships and employment transitions overlap, and their psychological stress often occurs ...
Are you willing to wait for a bigger payoff? Researchers studying young Danes found that the more patient ones tended to apply to longer degree programs with steeper earnings growth, even after accounting for grades and…
For some young children, communication with a twin or sibling can take on a form that adults struggle to understand. A study examined this so-called “secret language” and found that it was ...
Kenya’s efforts to strengthen universal health coverage (UHC) could be undermined by a largely overlooked crisis among the very workers expected to deliver healthcare at community level: poor mental ...
Psychology is at its most helpful when it can explain something familiar like: how motivation waxes and wanes, how communication derails, how social settings influence behavior, or how people make ...
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