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As climate change drives more frequent and intense heatwaves, new research links rising temperatures with worsening mental health outcomes in children and young people. View on euronews ...
Robin Blades (Health Area) for received the 2026 Health Psychology Paper Prize, awarded to the best paper in the area, for her paper titled “Neural mechanisms of mindfulness: reduced neural reactivity to…
A new study suggests very hot weather may increase mental health-related hospital visits among children and teens, highlighting another serious health impact of extreme heat.
A new study has found that people whose peers had been diagnosed with a mental health condition – such as anxiety or depression – were more likely to develop a mental health condition themselves.
New findings suggest what’s on the plate may influence more than the body, revealing a hidden connection with well-being.
Gaze behaviour is marked by striking individual differences. We used eye tracking and brain imaging to decipher the mechanisms that underlie these differences, which revealed that the individual tendency to look at faces…
As part of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, the Transportation Research Board (TRB) mobilizes ...
The Centre for Psychedelic Research at Imperial focuses on two main research areas: the action of psychedelic drugs in the brain, and their clinical utility, e.g. as aides to psychotherapy, with a ...
A study in Singapore has found that a mother’s mental health during pregnancy may shape her child’s risk of developing depressive symptoms years later. Researchers analysed data from 523 mother-child ...
A new study suggests human hair grows in a way scientists never expected. Researchers found that hair is pulled upward by coordinated cell movements inside the follicle rather than simply being pushed out by dividing…
Discover how standing meetings can reduce meeting times by 34% without compromising decision quality. Explore the impact of body chemistry and workplace health on meeting effectiveness.
Many COVID-19 survivors have been shown to experience at least one persistent symptom or deficit following infection, impacting their functioning and quality of life. However, knowledge about the appropriate care and…
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 123, Issue 29, July 2026. SignificanceOf particular significance for the evolution of our own species,Homo sapiens, during the Late Pleistocene is the geographic…
A study describes a mechanism in mice through which psychological stress can alter gut microbiome and thereby can increase risk of health conditions including ...
A new study reveals how psychological stress can alter the gut microbiome, potentially raising the risk of diseases such as heart disease and diabetes. Researchers from Sun Yat-sen University in China ...
A new study indicates that everyday changes in the weather could affect your mental well-being, according to HealthDay.
Background Infants in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) benefit most from occupational therapy (OT) and physical therapy (PT) when delivered at high frequencies. However, implementing these recommendations in…
Lucas Strickland (Social Area) received the Shelley Taylor Dissertation Award for his dissertation titled “Perceiving Gender Identity: Mental Representation, Categorization, and Evaluation of Transgender Targets.” This…
Kasheena Rogbeer (Social Area) for received the Harold H. Kelley Award for her paper titled “Solidarity as a Bridge: Shared Discrimination Is Indirectly Associated with Voting Intentions Among People of Color.” This…
Alexair Gonzalez (Social Area) and Molly Smith (Social Area) for received the Bertram Raven Award for their papers titled, respectively, “Is Assimilation Still a Requirement for Acceptance in the U.S.? Perceptions of…
Introduction Afghanistan has experienced decades of war, political instability, displacement, poverty and structural upheaval, all of which are likely to have contributed to the population’s ...
Objectives We aimed to examine existing and emerging master narratives on mental health and to capture the changing emphasis in these narratives over time. Making these shifts explicit can facilitate ...
Objectives This study aimed to examine the relationship between maternal conflict and psychological symptoms (depression and anxiety) as well as maternal role satisfaction among pregnant women. It ...
Congratulations to Assistant Professors Jaime Castrellon and Yi Feng for being selected as 2026-27 UCLA Society of Hellman Fellows. The program provides support and encouragement for the research of promising Assistant…
Background Given the risk of progression to dementia ranging from 6 to 44.8% over approximately 4 years of follow-up, nonpharmacological multicomponent interventions are emerging as promising strategies to improve or…
Background Yoga interventions have been shown to promote positive body image, although these studies have focused predominantly on young women. The purpose of this pilot study was to evaluate the feasibility and…
This publication presents, for the first time, an overview of the teaching activities at the University of Münster. The faculty ...
Leading CAR T cell therapy researchers have developed a human-in-the-loop artificial intelligence (AI) framework that firmly ...
Leading CAR T cell therapy researchers have developed a human-in-the-loop artificial intelligence (AI) framework that centers ...
Individuals with chronic physical diseases are at elevated risk of developing mental health disorders. Comorbid chronic physical disease and mental health problems (CPDMHP) are associated with substantial societal and…
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