Contrary to popular perception, stressors don't cause health problems -- it's people's reactions to the stressors that determine whether they will suffer health consequences, according to researchers at Penn State.
Date Posted: November 5, 2012
Categories: Stress Management
GOChildren who take Adderall, Ritalin, and other central nervous system stimulants, do not have a higher chance of developing serious heart conditions. This finding, confirming research from 2011, came from a study at the University of Florida and ...
Nov 5
GOParents with social anxiety disorder are more inclined than parents with other forms of anxiety disorders to behave in ways that put their kids at a high risk for developing stress of their own, suggests a new study by researchers at John Hopkins ...
Nov 3
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Chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) has baffled scientists and doctors alike, for quite some time now. The syndrome had to be diagnosed by elimination of other neurological and psychological maladies rather than be recognized by its own unique symptoms. ...
Nov 3
GOSince July, a pilot programme in 14 primary schools has provided parents with post-diagnosis services from Students Care Service and Touch Family Services. Its success means the initiative will be rolled out to all primary schools, Senior ...
Nov 3
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It's often said that a person is the sum of their memories. Your experience is what makes you who you are.
Memory, then, shapes the very core of human experience. Despite this, memory is generally poorly understood, which is why many people say ...
Nov 2
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In a new study published in the American Heart Association journal Stroke, older, non-disabled people who regularly engaged in physical activity reduced their risk of vascular-related dementia by 40 percent and cognitive impairment of any etiology ...
Nov 2
Categories: Dementia
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We all know that rejection seriously hurts -- and now a new study shows how it could actually be bad for our health.
Scientists from the University of British Columbia, Brandeis University and the University of California, Los Angeles have found ...
Nov 2
GOResearch finds that a statement in the presence of images or other additional information enhances people’s feelings of truthiness, even when they don’t provide any evidence the statement is true. This is especially important in the context of ...
Nov 1
GOIn the largest prospective study to date of children with early and later manifestation of autism spectrum disorders (ASD) compared to children without ASD, researchers found two distinct patterns of language, social and motor development in the ...
Nov 1
Categories: Autism spectrum disorders, Child and/or Adolescent Issues
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The importance of pitch in music is obvious. In speech too, communication of emotion depends on changing pitch, known as 'speech prosody'.
"We all know people who have difficulty perceiving tone of voice. They just don't get it when we're being ...
Nov 1
GOChildren’s voices come to life in animation as they describe symptoms of ADHD and what it’s like to have treatment.
Oct 31
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Employees who are more satisfied with their pay report lower levels of work-family conflict, a study by a University of Illinois labor and employment relations professor shows.
A worker’s actual salary is as important as pay satisfaction in ...
Oct 31
Categories: Career Development and Change, Family Problems
GOTreating alcoholism is incredibly difficult on many levels. One of the most difficult areas to deal with is social interaction, how people with alcoholism can interact with others. Alcoholics can have many problems with social exclusion. This is ...
Oct 31
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I met Moraitis on Ikaria this past July during one of my visits to explore the extraordinary longevity of the island’s residents. For a decade, with support from the National Geographic Society, I’ve been organizing a study of the places where ...
Oct 30
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An international team led by researchers at Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York has for the first time shown that one area of the brain, called the anterior insular cortex, is the activity center of human empathy, whereas other areas of the ...
Oct 30
Categories: Empathy
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