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16/05/2020

Paternal responsivity shown not be to associated with child outcomes in early learning and development the way that maternal responsivity has in past research. Researchers wonder if this could be due to the societal structure of the working father and stay at home mother, or biological maternal bond

15/05/2020

Latinx therapists reported more positive therapy results and fewer challenges with client participation than other minorities. Potential explanations could be the tendency to be bilingual as well as bicultural.

14/05/2020

Student's perceptions of a professor's opinions of their students predict greater dropout intentions, lower class attendance, less class engagement, less end-of-semester interest in STEM, and lower grades

13/05/2020

With increased inhibitory control (an area of brain development managing the ability to control one's impulses and dominant behavior responses to stimuli), children were more likely to lie about peaking at a toy and maintaining the lie when asked what they think it might be

12/05/2020

ACTV - a therapy based program - shown to reduce repeat domestic violence and the therapy is now shown to continue its efficacy even five years post intervention

11/05/2020

Using drugs has the power to influence and intensify participation in criminal groups, potentially motivating future criminal behavior

10/05/2020

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06/05/2020

Societal trend of optimism linked with a decrease perception of risk towards a negative event, resulting in decreased precautions. Example: one thinks they are at lower risk of heart disease (even when provided the list of risk factors), causing an increase in poor eating habits

05/05/2020

60% of people still hold the stigmatizing view that people with mental illness are prone to violence when in reality people with mental illness are more likely to be the victim of a violent crime than the perpetrator

03/03/2020

Personality trait of conscientiousness was higher in individuals who maintained weight loss compared to those who regained it. Important personality trait may need to be considered when approaching weight loss on an individualized basis

02/03/2020

Research shows that higher BMI is associated with less decline in executive functioning (EF), neurocognitive speed, and memory in aging females. At 55, lower BMI have better EF. Around age 72 the tables turn and higher BMI shows higher EF. The cause is currently unknown; however, theories include higher BMI having higher white matter volumes, promoting glucose metabolism, and selective mortality

01/03/2020

Cheating at work, misrepresentation of productivity etc, while beneficial in the short-term, could lead to detrimental effects in the long-term such as diminished feelings of self-worth, and undermine social relationships by devaluing justice

29/02/2020

Views of God as white and male lead to biases in society circumstances. Those with such views tend to rate white males as better fits for leadership positions, compared to black males and women.

28/02/2020

Children age 6 to 9 are more likely to accept an advantage if their peer is unaware of the advantage being given. These results show that in fairness development, the concern lies less in the genuine fairness and more in the desire to appear fair by one's peers

27/02/2020

Research reveals that unplanned drinking events were associated with lower drinks consumed, fewer alcohol-related consequences, and lower ratings on how “worth it” the drinking event was, compared to planned events. New findings contradict previous research cautioning against the dangers of unplanned heavy drinking

26/02/2020

Personality traits shown to affect drinking behavior. Negative affect, a person's susceptibility to negative emotions and avoidance behaviors interact to predict drinking behavior. Those with high NA were more likely to drink alone and drink more. Avoidance behaviors had a higher effect on the drinking behavior of those with high NA than low.

25/02/2020

Caregivers to patients with Parkinson's experience stressors at a higher rate that lead to decreased quality of life suggesting the need for more services focused on helping caregivers manage the high demands of their jobs.

25/02/2020

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24/02/2020

Why do we like the books we do? Magical thinking, broadly defined, includes superstitions, religious belief, the belief, that one’s thoughts directly influence reality, and belief in sympathetic magic, identified as factor in fictional writing fandom

22/02/2020

Husband show decreases in relationship satisfaction when they receive increased negativity from their partner, but only if they are more stressed than usual. Here's a real life example. Molly is cranky because she didn't sleep well. When Brad gets home she yells at him for not doing the dishes. If Brad had a stressful day at work he'll rate his relationship lower than if he'd had a normal day at work. If Brad had a good day at work he'll rate his relationship higher even though Molly yelled at him.

21/02/2020

More than half (60%) of gendered languages (where nouns have a gendered article such as "la femme" vs "le homme" in french) show more prejudice views towards woman than non gendered languages (example "the man" vs "the woman" in english)

18/02/2020

Previous victims of sexual aggression are more likely to become perpetrators of the same violence than those without a history victimization.

16/11/2019

Individuals with higher depressive symptoms tend to smoke more ci******es in response to improved mood, whereas those with lower depressive symptoms tend to smoke more in respond to negative moods

15/11/2019

New study develops and tests a new screening questionnaire for autism spectrum disorder

14/11/2019

Social defeat scenarios (being exposed to a dominant mouse) resulted in changes to the brain structure in the amygdala and prefrontal cortex, areas associated with emotions like fear, anger, sadness, and personality development

13/11/2019

Anxiety, behavioral avoidance, and social desirability account for variance in levels of procrastination. Could lead to more effective techniques to help you lower your procrastination habits

12/11/2019

Novel study indicates quality of family relationships is a more powerful predictor of aging health than intimate partner relationships

11/11/2019

Online parenting programs lower negative parent–child interactions, child problem behaviors, negative discipline strategies, parenting conflicts, parent stress, child anxiety, parent anger, and parent depression and increase parent confidence and parenting satisfaction

30/09/2019

Dissatisfaction with muscle mass mediates one's effects to conform to society in males. Dissatisfaction with body fat did not show the same relationship.

29/09/2019

Poor oral hygiene is associated with decreased quality of life, depression, hypertension and even cognitive decline. Make sure to take care of those pearly whites!

28/09/2019

Research reveals that small amounts of stress actually make our circadian clock function quicker and better

27/09/2019

a team of researchers led by Charis Eng, M.D., Ph.D., identified a metabolite that may predict whether individuals with PTEN mutations (a type of gene mutation) will develop cancer or autism spectrum disorder

24/09/2019

People who use drugs and have a diagnosis of PTSD are at nearly twice the risk of a nonfatal overdose than those without a PTSD diagnosis

22/09/2019

Mothers who had lower relationship quality with partners showed less frequent infant talk with their sons than those with higher quality relationships and less than those with daughters

08/09/2019

Continue reading about the differences among opioids and the importance of studying them all separately

Here we’re going to talk about the interactions that opioids have with different systems, the immune system and the dopamine system. Let’s start with the immune system. As you can imagi…

06/09/2019

News Bite: Christian r**e victims have higher convictions rates than atheist victims. The effect is thought to be related to the perceived morality of the victims with Christians having higher perceived morality scores than atheists

31/08/2019

News Bite: Warnings on each individual cigarette, as required by Canadian and Scottish governments, could reduce smoking according to focus groups

https://neurosciencenews.com/individual-cigarette-warnings-14843/

31/08/2019

News Bite: opportunity to media multitask increases deliberate moments off task but reduces overall mind wandering and general distraction, potentially aiding overall focus

30/08/2019

News Bite: clinicians revealed to have implicit bias against those with to***co dependence due to views of culpability, could be affecting treatment outreach attempts

29/08/2019

Dopamine receptors in the brain (specifically nucleus accumbens) identified as potential system for maintenance of morphine-rewarding properties. Suggests promising target for addiction treatment