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Early Family Experience Can Reverse the Effects of Genes Medicine & Health / Psychology October 10, 2006 \| User rating: 5 / 5 after 7 vote(s) \| No comments yet Early family experience can reverse the effect of a genetic variant linked to depression, UCLA researchers report in the current issue of the journal Biological Psychiatry.

Position of car indicator lights affects safety Medicine & Health / Psychology March 22, 2007 \| User rating: 5 / 5 after 10 vote(s) \| No comments yet People find it harder to make rapid decisions about which way a car will turn if its amber indicator lights are inside the headlights (i.e. nearer the middle of the car) than if the indicator lights are outside the headlights, ...

Prenatal stress keeps infants, toddlers up at night, study says Medicine & Health / Psychology July 27, 2007 \| User rating: 4.9 / 5 after 9 vote(s) \| No comments yet Anxious or depressed mothers-to-be are at increased risk of having children who will experience sleep problems in infancy and toddlerhood, finds a study that published this month in Early Human Development.

When your brain talks, your muscles don't always listen Medicine & Health / Psychology March 09, 2007 \| User rating: 4.9 / 5 after 16 vote(s) \| No comments yet Have your neurons been shouting at your muscles again? It happens, you know. As we grow older, neurons--the nerve cells that deliver commands from our brains--have to "speak" more loudly to get the attention ...

Primates expect others to act rationally Medicine & Health / Psychology September 06, 2007 \| User rating: 4.9 / 5 after 8 vote(s) \| No comments yet When trying to understand someone's intentions, non-human primates expect others to act rationally by performing the most appropriate action allowed by the environment, according to a new study by researchers at Harvard University.

Do We Need the Bells and Whistles? Educational Toys May Be Coal in the Holiday Stocking Medicine & Health / Psychology November 19, 2007 \| User rating: 4.9 / 5 after 7 vote(s) \| No comments yet The recent recalls of various children’s toys have parents and would-be Santas leery this holiday season, but it may just be the thing to push consumers to be more creative about the toys they buy their young ...

Social form of bullying linked to depression, anxiety in adults Medicine & Health / Psychology April 22, 2008 \| User rating: 4.9 / 5 after 7 vote(s) \| No comments yet Spreading rumors and gossiping may not cause bruises or black eyes, but the psychological consequences of this social type of bullying could linger into early adulthood, a new University of Florida study shows.

Children of divorce less likely to care for elderly parents Medicine & Health / Psychology September 17, 2007 \| User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 6 vote(s) \| No comments yet For better or worse, baby boomers approach retirement with more complex marital histories than previous generations. Temple University researcher Adam Davey, Ph.D. has found the impact of these events — divorces, widowhood, ...

Reading Tests that 'Misread' Some Children Medicine & Health / Psychology November 19, 2007 \| User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 6 vote(s) \| No comments yet Screening tests widely used to identify children with reading problems are being misapplied, landing students in the wrong instructional level and delaying treatment for their true difficulties, says new research ...

Kids learn more when mom is listening Medicine & Health / Psychology January 23, 2008 \| User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 6 vote(s) \| User comments: 1 Kids may roll their eyes when their mother asks them about their school day, but answering her may actually help them learn. New research from Vanderbilt University reveals that children learn the solution to a problem best ...

Self-Compassion May be More Important Than Self-Esteem in Dealing With Negative Events, New Studies Show Medicine & Health / Psychology May 15, 2007 \| User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 34 vote(s) \| No comments yet Why do some people roll with life’s punches, facing failures and problems with grace, while others dwell on calamities, criticize themselves and exaggerate problems?

Self-regulation abilities, beyond intelligence, play major role in early achievement Medicine & Health / Psychology April 04, 2007 \| User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 11 vote(s) \| No comments yet Although intelligence is generally thought to play a key role in children's early academic achievement, aspects of children's self-regulation abilities -- including the ability to alternately shift and focus attention and ...

A frown or a smile? Children with autism can't discern Medicine & Health / Psychology May 05, 2007 \| User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 10 vote(s) \| No comments yet When we have a conversation with someone, we not only hear what they say, we see what they say. Eyes can smolder or twinkle. Gazes can be direct or shifty. “Reading” these facial expressions gives context and meaning to the ...

Why quitting may be good for you Medicine & Health / Psychology September 26, 2007 \| User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 10 vote(s) \| No comments yet Are there times when it is better to simply give up? Psychologists have been exploring this question, and more specifically a possible link between tenacity and both physical and mental health.

The conflict of reward in depression Medicine & Health / Psychology March 25, 2008 \| User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 10 vote(s) \| No comments yet In Love and Death, Woody Allen wrote: “To love is to suffer…To be happy is to love. To be happy, then, is to suffer.” The paradoxical merging of happiness and suffering can be a feature of depression. Biological Psychiatry, ...

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Early Family Experience Can Reverse the Effects of Genes Medicine & Health / Psychology October 10, 2006 \| User rating: 5 / 5 after 7 vote(s) \| No comments yet Early family experience can reverse the effect of a genetic variant linked to depression, UCLA researchers report in the current issue of the journal Biological Psychiatry.

Position of car indicator lights affects safety Medicine & Health / Psychology March 22, 2007 \| User rating: 5 / 5 after 10 vote(s) \| No comments yet People find it harder to make rapid decisions about which way a car will turn if its amber indicator lights are inside the headlights (i.e. nearer the middle of the car) than if the indicator lights are outside the headlights, ...

Prenatal stress keeps infants, toddlers up at night, study says Medicine & Health / Psychology July 27, 2007 \| User rating: 4.9 / 5 after 9 vote(s) \| No comments yet Anxious or depressed mothers-to-be are at increased risk of having children who will experience sleep problems in infancy and toddlerhood, finds a study that published this month in Early Human Development.

When your brain talks, your muscles don't always listen Medicine & Health / Psychology March 09, 2007 \| User rating: 4.9 / 5 after 16 vote(s) \| No comments yet Have your neurons been shouting at your muscles again? It happens, you know. As we grow older, neurons--the nerve cells that deliver commands from our brains--have to "speak" more loudly to get the attention ...

Primates expect others to act rationally Medicine & Health / Psychology September 06, 2007 \| User rating: 4.9 / 5 after 8 vote(s) \| No comments yet When trying to understand someone's intentions, non-human primates expect others to act rationally by performing the most appropriate action allowed by the environment, according to a new study by researchers at Harvard University.

Do We Need the Bells and Whistles? Educational Toys May Be Coal in the Holiday Stocking Medicine & Health / Psychology November 19, 2007 \| User rating: 4.9 / 5 after 7 vote(s) \| No comments yet The recent recalls of various children’s toys have parents and would-be Santas leery this holiday season, but it may just be the thing to push consumers to be more creative about the toys they buy their young ...

Social form of bullying linked to depression, anxiety in adults Medicine & Health / Psychology April 22, 2008 \| User rating: 4.9 / 5 after 7 vote(s) \| No comments yet Spreading rumors and gossiping may not cause bruises or black eyes, but the psychological consequences of this social type of bullying could linger into early adulthood, a new University of Florida study shows.

Children of divorce less likely to care for elderly parents Medicine & Health / Psychology September 17, 2007 \| User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 6 vote(s) \| No comments yet For better or worse, baby boomers approach retirement with more complex marital histories than previous generations. Temple University researcher Adam Davey, Ph.D. has found the impact of these events — divorces, widowhood, ...

Reading Tests that 'Misread' Some Children Medicine & Health / Psychology November 19, 2007 \| User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 6 vote(s) \| No comments yet Screening tests widely used to identify children with reading problems are being misapplied, landing students in the wrong instructional level and delaying treatment for their true difficulties, says new research ...

Kids learn more when mom is listening Medicine & Health / Psychology January 23, 2008 \| User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 6 vote(s) \| User comments: 1 Kids may roll their eyes when their mother asks them about their school day, but answering her may actually help them learn. New research from Vanderbilt University reveals that children learn the solution to a problem best ...

Self-Compassion May be More Important Than Self-Esteem in Dealing With Negative Events, New Studies Show Medicine & Health / Psychology May 15, 2007 \| User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 34 vote(s) \| No comments yet Why do some people roll with life’s punches, facing failures and problems with grace, while others dwell on calamities, criticize themselves and exaggerate problems?

Self-regulation abilities, beyond intelligence, play major role in early achievement Medicine & Health / Psychology April 04, 2007 \| User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 11 vote(s) \| No comments yet Although intelligence is generally thought to play a key role in children's early academic achievement, aspects of children's self-regulation abilities -- including the ability to alternately shift and focus attention and ...

A frown or a smile? Children with autism can't discern Medicine & Health / Psychology May 05, 2007 \| User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 10 vote(s) \| No comments yet When we have a conversation with someone, we not only hear what they say, we see what they say. Eyes can smolder or twinkle. Gazes can be direct or shifty. “Reading” these facial expressions gives context and meaning to the ...

Why quitting may be good for you Medicine & Health / Psychology September 26, 2007 \| User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 10 vote(s) \| No comments yet Are there times when it is better to simply give up? Psychologists have been exploring this question, and more specifically a possible link between tenacity and both physical and mental health.

The conflict of reward in depression Medicine & Health / Psychology March 25, 2008 \| User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 10 vote(s) \| No comments yet In Love and Death, Woody Allen wrote: “To love is to suffer…To be happy is to love. To be happy, then, is to suffer.” The paradoxical merging of happiness and suffering can be a feature of depression. Biological Psychiatry, ...

Early Family Experience Can Reverse the Effects of Genes

Position of car indicator lights affects safety

Prenatal stress keeps infants, toddlers up at night, study says

When your brain talks, your muscles don't always listen

Primates expect others to act rationally

Do We Need the Bells and Whistles? Educational Toys May Be Coal in the Holiday Stocking

Social form of bullying linked to depression, anxiety in adults

Children of divorce less likely to care for elderly parents

Reading Tests that 'Misread' Some Children

Kids learn more when mom is listening

Self-Compassion May be More Important Than Self-Esteem in Dealing With Negative Events, New Studies Show

Self-regulation abilities, beyond intelligence, play major role in early achievement

A frown or a smile? Children with autism can't discern

Why quitting may be good for you

The conflict of reward in depression

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