Baycrest-CAMH study to examine the impact of COVID-19 on older adults’ mental health
Credit: Baycrest Rates of depression and stress have increased among the general population since the COVID-19 pandemic began. However, we ...
Tag: Mental Health
Is what I see, what I imagine? Study finds neural overlap between vision and imagination
Researchers at the Medical University of South Carolina find link between mental imagery and vision using artificial intelligence and human ...
Intimate partner violence, history of childhood abuse worsen trauma symptoms for new moms
Postnatal screenings are a vital intervention pointCredit: Photo by L. Brian Stauffer CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- A study assessed the interaction ...
Amygdala changes in male patients with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder
DNA hypermethylation responsible for reduced amygdala volume in male patients with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder.A) CpG site where the structure ...
Research advances understanding of how the brain focuses while ignoring distractions
UC Riverside mouse study has implications for treating neuropsychiatric diseases such as ADHD and schizophreniaCredit: Zagha lab, UC Riverside. RIVERSIDE, ...
Neurons show distinct styles as they interact with the same muscle partner
Credit: Nicole Aponte-Santiago/MIT Picower Institute A new study by MIT neuroscientists into how seemingly similar neuronal subtypes drive locomotion in ...
Insufficient sleep harms children’s mental health
University of Houston study: Poor sleep at night 'spills over' into children's emotional livesCredit: University of Houston In a new ...
nTIDE June 2020 Jobs Report: Numbers up but COVID spikes may impact economic recovery
Kessler Foundation and University of New Hampshire nTIDE Report -- featuring the nonprofit National Organization on Disability, which guides business ...
New Yorkers grow more hesitant about a return to normalcy, poll shows
Employment and housing woes continueCredit: CUNY SPH New Yorkers continue to report much higher than normal rates of depression and ...
Auditory hallucinations rooted in aberrant brain connectivity
Schizophrenia symptom may be the result of increased connections between sensory and language-processing brain areasCredit: Elsevier, 2020 (Creative Commons license, ...
Human Brain Project announces new phase
Credit: Forschungszentrum Jülich The Human Brain Project (HBP) announces the start of its final phase as an EU-funded FET Flagship. ...
Disability history scholar’s new book tells story of ‘money, marriage, and madness’
Ms. Magazine included the book on its list of 'June 2020 Reads for the Rest of Us.'Credit: The University of ...
UNC researcher leads national survey on mental health impact of COVID-19 pandemic
Olafur Palsson, PsyD, professor of medicine in the UNC School of Medicine, led a study investigating the emotional and mental ...
Marine training may take more mental than physical grit
Keck Medicine of USC study identifies psychological measures that may predict who is more likely to complete - or quit ...
Researchers study effects of COVID-19 on caregivers of people with ADRD
Credit: Northern Arizona University Sixteen million family members in the U.S. are caregivers for the more than 6 million people ...
Vets walking pets: Strolls with shelter dogs may reduce PTSD symptoms in military veterans
FAU researcher examines impact of dog-walking intervention on physiological and PTSD symptoms in military veteransCredit: Alex Dolce, Florida Atlantic University ...
‘Game changer’ for reporters: 2016 US presidential election coverage
University of Missouri study looked at ethical issues in US presidential election press coverage between 2000-2016Credit: University of Missouri The ...
What does the “love hormone” do? It’s complicated
A study of mice in a semi-natural setting shows how the hormone oxytocin can amplify aggression as well as friendlinessCredit: ...
The relationship between looking/listening and human emotions
Revealing the relationship between attentional states and emotions from human pupillary reactionsCredit: COPYRIGHT (C) TOYOHASHI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY. ALL RIGHTS ...
MRI test for football players that could detect CTE, developed by Ben-Gurion U. researcher
Credit: Ben-Gurion University BEER-SHEVA, Israel...June 19, 2020 - Chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), a neurodegenerative disease caused by repeated head injuries ...
