Cognitive PsychologyMay 3, 2025
Why Do Some People Love Being the Center of Attention? Psychology Explains
There are people who thrive on being watched, praised, or having others keep tabs on their every move. And now, psychology has ...
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AI & TechnologyMay 2, 2025
The future of brain activity monitoring may look like a strand of hair
Researchers have created a hairlike device for long-term, non-invasive monitoring of the brain's electrical activity. The lightweight and flexible electrode attaches directly to the scalp and delivers stable…
Military & First RespondersMay 2, 2025
Campaign to raise awareness for first responder mental health across Canada
They run toward what the rest of us run from — gunfire, flames, and unspeakable tragedy. For Canada’s first responders ...
Positive PsychologyMay 2, 2025
The secret to happiness lies within you, or society -- or both
What is the secret to happiness? Does happiness come from within, or is it shaped by external influences such as our jobs, health, relationships and material circumstances? A new study shows that happiness can come from…
HIPAA & PrivacyMay 2, 2025
How HIPAA Protects your Mental Health Diagnoses and other Medical Information
SANTA BARBARA, Calif. – A recent study shows that autism diagnoses in the U.S. are at a all time high, and the United States ...
Positive PsychologyMay 2, 2025
The science of happiness: What decades of research reveal about human connection
Growing up in Maryland, Sonja Lyubomirsky often witnessed her mother’s sadness. After immigrating from Moscow in hopes of a ...
PolicyMay 2, 2025
Mental Health Insurance Searches Up by 41% in 2025
Mumbai: With stress escalating among Indians, there has been a 41 per cent rise in mental health insurance searches in 2025 ...
AddictionMay 1, 2025
The effects of smoking, drinking and lack of exercise are felt by the age of 36, new research indicates
Bad habits such as smoking, heavy drinking and lack of exercise must be tackled as early as possible to boost the odds of a happy and healthy old age.
AI & TechnologyMay 1, 2025
Artificial sense of touch, improved
While exploring a digitally represented object through artificially created sense of touch, brain-computer interface users described the warm fur of a purring cat, the smooth rigid surface of a door key and cool…
PersonalityMay 1, 2025
Link between mental health and personality traits uncovered
Common mental health conditions are more closely related to people's personalities than previously thought, a study suggests. Personality traits explain about a quarter of the overall risk of mental health problems such…
School & EducationMay 1, 2025
STEM students: Work hard, but don't compare yourself to others
A new study shows how damaging it can be for college students in introductory STEM classes to compare how hard they work to the extent of effort put in by their peers.
Positive PsychologyMay 1, 2025
Good karma for me, bad karma for you
Many people around the world believe in karma -- that idea that divine justice will punish people who do bad deeds and reward those who good. But that belief plays out differently for oneself versus others, according to…
AI & TechnologyMay 1, 2025
Talkspace, Bark Technologies partner to provide mental health support for families
Virtual teletherapy company Talkspace is teaming up with online digital safety platform Bark Technologies to offer Talkspace's ...
School & EducationMay 1, 2025
Essay challenge: ChatGPT vs students
Researchers have been putting ChatGPT essays to the test against real students. A new study reveals that the AI generated essays don't yet live up to the efforts of real students. While the AI essays were found to be…
School & EducationMay 1, 2025
Case Study: Supporting Student Mental Health Abroad
In today’s educational landscape, student mental health is a crucial priority, especially for those studying abroad. While ...
AddictionMay 1, 2025
Redemption Addiction Treatment Center LLC
Here at Redemption Addiction Treatment Center, we take immense pride in the fact that we have walked in the same shoes as our clients ...
WorkplaceApr 30, 2025
Mental Health Conditions in the Workplace
Mental health conditions affect many individuals in the US every year. In fiscal year 2021, Equal Employment Opportunity ...
Family & RelationshipsApr 30, 2025
How is it we feel a sense of agency over our movements?
The sensation of controlling one's body and things in the environment is known as sense of agency (SoA). Not only is SoA pivotal for tasks and well-being in everyday life, but its mechanisms have become increasingly…
School & EducationApr 30, 2025
Children's reading and writing develop better when they are trained in handwriting
Researchers explored how manual and keyboard practice influenced children's abilities in their reading and writing learning process. 5-year-olds were taught an artificial alphabet using different techniques, and the…
Mental HealthApr 30, 2025
Study links childhood trauma to increased substance use and unexpected effects on heart rate and blood pressure in adolescents
Childhood trauma significantly increases the likelihood of engaging in harmful alcohol consumption, smoking and illicit drug use, by the age of 18.
Mental HealthApr 30, 2025
Depression and other mental health conditions linked with immune response, study finds
Depression, schizophrenia and other mental health conditions affect 1 in 4 people in their lifetime, but mechanisms underlying these conditions are poorly understood. New research has linked the body's immune response…
Positive PsychologyApr 30, 2025
Landmark experiment sheds new light on the origins of consciousness
An unprecedented brain study has delivered fresh clues about consciousness—suggesting it's more about perception than planning. Two leading theories went head-to-head, but neither emerged victorious. Instead, scientists…
Mental HealthApr 30, 2025
Mechanism by which the brain weighs positive vs. negative social experience is revealed
Researchers have identified the neural mechanisms in the brain that regulate both positive and negative impressions of a social encounter, as well as how an imbalance between the two could lead to common neuropsychiatric…
Positive PsychologyApr 30, 2025
Mindfulness therapy reduces opioid craving and addiction, study finds
Researchers found that Mindfulness-Oriented Recovery Enhancement (MORE) can help rewire the brain's response to natural healthy pleasure, leading to reduced opioid cravings. The findings suggest that MORE could be a…
Family & RelationshipsApr 30, 2025
'Explainable' AI cracks secret language of sticky proteins
An AI tool has made a step forward in translating the language proteins use to dictate whether they form sticky clumps similar to those linked to Alzheimer's Disease and around fifty other types of human disease. In a…
AddictionApr 30, 2025
Machine learning brings new insights to cell's role in addiction, relapse
Researchers have applied object recognition technology to track changes in brain cell structure and provide new insights into how the brain responds to heroin use, withdrawal and relapse.
Mental HealthApr 30, 2025
New 'hidden in plain sight' facial and eye biomarkers for tinnitus severity could unlock path to testing treatments
Researchers have identified biomarkers for tinnitus severity in subtle facial movements and pupil dilation that can be captured on video recordings. Until now, there has been no objective way to measure tinnitus severity…
School & EducationApr 30, 2025
Ask students what mental health support they need
A student-led advisory board can help universities understand what services students will use and how they prefer to engage with ...
Occupational health psychologyApr 30, 2025
Building a Culture of Safety at Your Facility Starts with the Psychological
Most folks think of workplace safety in terms of OSHA regulations, safety data sheets, and training sessions. But psychological ...
Mental HealthApr 30, 2025
Self-harm prevention, South Korea
Dr Rhiannon Evans examined evidence-based interventions used in South Korea and the United States to prevent self-harm and ...