September 18, 2020
by Tina Arnoldi
We’re capable of bouncing back from a crisis a lot faster than we might think. A new study being published in the Journal of Applied Psychology found that psychological recovery can happen even when people are still in the midst of a stressful experience. Those high in neuroticism may recover at an even faster rate because they’re better equipped to navigate stress.
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August 25, 2020
by Patricia Tomasi
A new study on aging and the brain published in the Journal of Nature Communications looked at the hippocampus region of the brain. “It's commonly accepted that aging negatively impacts most of our cognitive abilities, especially memory,” study author Zachariah M. Reagh told us. “While that is indeed the case, there might be more to the story.”
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July 10, 2020
by Tina Arnoldi
Some Americans have a stronger faith as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new Pew Research Center survey. Experts offer several reasons for this resurgence, including a need for stability, having more time to think about deeper matters, and as a response to an unknown crisis. Once the pandemic is behind us, there are mixed opinions about whether this increase in faith will last.
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June 16, 2020
by Patricia Tomasi
There are over five million people in the United States today who are living with dementia and 50 million around the globe. By 2050, it’s predicted that nearly 14 million people in the U.S. will have dementia and 152 million worldwide. A new study published in Journal of the American Geriatrics Society looked at whether personality traits were associated with a risk of developing cognitive decline in aging.
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June 12, 2020
by Tina Arnoldi
Some Americans say their religious faith has strengthened as a result of the outbreak, even though churchgoers report that their congregations have stopped in-person worship services, according to a new Pew Research Center survey. What is it about a crisis that causes people to think more about their spiritual life?
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Across cultures it is accepted that it is a terrible thing to die alone. During the present covid-19 epidemic the televised vision of refrigerated trucks filled with the dead has been especially disturbing. Why is that? Of course it is tragic when large numbers of people die. It is also frightening. Part of what appears to be at play here is that the fear of being unknown and alone is projected on to what an individual,who is a witness, has conjured up in his/her mind as a picture of lives uncelebrated and discarded.
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January 17, 2020
by Elizabeth Pratt
Researchers from UC San Diego examined why older people living in communal settings can still feel lonely, and determined what could be done to overcome it.
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October 10, 2019
by Elizabeth Pratt
A recent study by researchers at UC Santa Barbara, California State University Fullerton, UC Merced and the University of Richmond has found that social and ecological environments influence how we develop, and our personalities.
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April 4, 2019
by Elizabeth Pratt
The US Food and Drug Administration has approved the first drug designed specifically for the treatment of postpartum depression.
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January 21, 2019
by Elizabeth Pratt
Post-natal depression isn't just impacting new mothers but also new dads. Now researchers have found that post-natal depression in fathers is having an impact on their daughters mental health during her teenage years.
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