Reading to your 1- and 2-year old boosts their vocabulary, study finds

by Carole Tanzer MillerSharing a book with your baby will build her vocabulary fast, but time with screens likely won't, Norwegian researchers report.Their new study on shared reading and vocabula

Updated on: October 12,2024

Reading to your 1- and 2-year old boosts their vocabulary, study finds

by Carole Tanzer MillerSharing a book with your baby will build her vocabulary fast, but time with screens likely won't, Norwegian researchers report.Their new study on shared reading and vocabula

Updated on:October 12,2024

In law enforcement, a survey finds a link between head injuries and depression, PTSD

by Emily Caldwell,The Ohio State UniversityCredit: CC0 Public DomainA new study is the first to shed light on the high prevalence of head injuries, and related mental health symptoms, in a previ

Updated on: September 19,2024

In law enforcement, a survey finds a link between head injuries and depression, PTSD

by Emily Caldwell,The Ohio State UniversityCredit: CC0 Public DomainA new study is the first to shed light on the high prevalence of head injuries, and related mental health symptoms, in a previ

Updated on:September 19,2024

Image viewing experiments challenge theory of universal internal clock

by Bob Yirka , Medical XpressScene information shifts perceived time. a, Schematic for the temporal categorization task. b, Scene size was varied across six levels and was observed to dilate perceived

Updated on: April 28,2024

Image viewing experiments challenge theory of universal internal clock

by Bob Yirka , Medical XpressScene information shifts perceived time. a, Schematic for the temporal categorization task. b, Scene size was varied across six levels and was observed to dilate perceived

Updated on:April 28,2024

New patient guide for mood and anxiety disorders available to the public

byAmerican Psychiatric AssociationCredit: American Psychiatric Association PublishingA new book developed by the Anxiety and Depression Association of America (ADAA) and published by the America

Updated on: July 17,2024

New patient guide for mood and anxiety disorders available to the public

byAmerican Psychiatric AssociationCredit: American Psychiatric Association PublishingA new book developed by the Anxiety and Depression Association of America (ADAA) and published by the America

Updated on:July 17,2024

Should AI be used in psychological research?

by PNAS NexusChatGPT vs. human moral judgments. Note: a) Distributions of moral judgments of humans (light blue) and GPT (light red) in six moral domains. Dashed lines represent averages. b) Inter-cor

Updated on: July 17,2024

Should AI be used in psychological research?

by PNAS NexusChatGPT vs. human moral judgments. Note: a) Distributions of moral judgments of humans (light blue) and GPT (light red) in six moral domains. Dashed lines represent averages. b) Inter-cor

Updated on:July 17,2024

Kids in families with too much screen time struggle with language skills, study suggests

byFrontiersCredit: CC0 Public DomainScreens have become ubiquitous in our daily lives—which means they've also become part of children's lives too. So what effect does this have on child

Updated on: September 19,2024

Kids in families with too much screen time struggle with language skills, study suggests

byFrontiersCredit: CC0 Public DomainScreens have become ubiquitous in our daily lives—which means they've also become part of children's lives too. So what effect does this have on child

Updated on:September 19,2024

Under surveillance: The psychological implications of Big Brother's gaze

byUniversity of Technology, SydneyCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainA psychological study has shown that when people know they are under surveillance it generates an automatic response of heighte

Updated on: January 10,2025

Under surveillance: The psychological implications of Big Brother's gaze

byUniversity of Technology, SydneyCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainA psychological study has shown that when people know they are under surveillance it generates an automatic response of heighte

Updated on:January 10,2025

Beyond gut health—prebiotics promise mental wellness

byUniversity of ReadingChanges from baseline to week 12 in (a) Perceived Stress Scale (PSS), (b) Depression, Anxiety, and Stress Scale 42-item (DASS) – Stress (DASS-S), (c) DASS – Anxiety (DASS-

Updated on: November 01,2024

Beyond gut health—prebiotics promise mental wellness

byUniversity of ReadingChanges from baseline to week 12 in (a) Perceived Stress Scale (PSS), (b) Depression, Anxiety, and Stress Scale 42-item (DASS) – Stress (DASS-S), (c) DASS – Anxiety (DASS-

Updated on:November 01,2024

How to kick back, relax and embrace a less-than-perfect holiday

How to kick back, relax and embrace a less-than-perfect holidayby Katherine RothCredit: AP Illustration/Peter HamlinWe all know the stressors: Social obligations. Family discord. Political rifts. Fina

Updated on: January 12,2025

How to kick back, relax and embrace a less-than-perfect holiday

How to kick back, relax and embrace a less-than-perfect holidayby Katherine RothCredit: AP Illustration/Peter HamlinWe all know the stressors: Social obligations. Family discord. Political rifts. Fina

Updated on:January 12,2025

The power of babble: Babies elicit simpler speech from adults

by James Dean,Cornell UniversityCredit: Caitlin Cook/Cornell UniversityHow do babies learn to talk? Across languages and cultures, parents simplify their speech significantly in response to babi

Updated on: February 27,2025

The power of babble: Babies elicit simpler speech from adults

by James Dean,Cornell UniversityCredit: Caitlin Cook/Cornell UniversityHow do babies learn to talk? Across languages and cultures, parents simplify their speech significantly in response to babi

Updated on:February 27,2025

Our brains divide the day into chapters: Psychology research offers details on how

byColumbia UniversityCredit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainThe moment a person steps off the street and into a restaurant—to take just one example—the brain mentally starts a new "chapter"

Updated on: October 12,2024

Our brains divide the day into chapters: Psychology research offers details on how

byColumbia UniversityCredit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainThe moment a person steps off the street and into a restaurant—to take just one example—the brain mentally starts a new "chapter"

Updated on:October 12,2024

Survey of mental health and exposure to blasts reveals differences among displaced people who remained in Ukraine

byPublic Library of ScienceResidential buildings in Ukrainian city destroyed by war. Credit: Uscinay, CC0Researchers from the International Blast Injury Research Network at the University of Sou

Updated on: April 28,2024

Survey of mental health and exposure to blasts reveals differences among displaced people who remained in Ukraine

byPublic Library of ScienceResidential buildings in Ukrainian city destroyed by war. Credit: Uscinay, CC0Researchers from the International Blast Injury Research Network at the University of Sou

Updated on:April 28,2024