Do You Know These Nine Varieties of Positive Emotion?
Source: Do You Know These Nine Varieties of Positive Emotion? | Psychology Today
Stress may have greater effect on cardiovascular health in women than in men
Source: Stress may have greater effect on cardiovascular health in women than in men
Does modern neuroscience help us understand behavior?
It may sound pedantic or philosophical to worry about definitions of “behavior,” “control,” and “understanding.” But for a field as young and diverse as neuroscience, dismissing these foundational discussions can cause a great deal of confusion, which in turn can [...]
The Neanderthal In You Is Probably To Blame For Your Mood
Researchers have found that Neanderthals passed on a lot more traits than you might think including skin tone, hair colour, sleeping patterns and even mood. Source: The Neanderthal In You Is Probably To Blame For Your Mood
It really is puppy love
Your dog may really love you for you, not for your food. Source: It really is puppy love: Science finds dogs like you for you, not just your food
Can Neuroscience Inform Everyday Life? The “Translation Problem”
We should be cautious in interpreting the outcomes of neuroscience experiments simply as, say, results about ‘lying ’, ‘free will ’, ‘love’, or any other folk-psychological category. How then can neuroscientific findings be translated in terms that speak to our [...]
Your mental health involves your whole body and starts with diet
"This mind/body dichotomy that has informed psychiatry for at least the last 50 years or so, we know that is erroneous and is not based on evidence because we are increasingly understanding that the whole body is involved in mental health," [...]
How the smartphone affected an entire generation of kids
I wondered if these trends – changes in how teens were spending their free time and their deteriorating mental health – might be connected. Sure enough, I found that teens who spend more time on screens are less happy and [...]
Has the science of mindfulness lost its mind?
The excitement about the application of mindfulness meditation in mental health settings has led to the proliferation of a literature pervaded by a lack of conceptual and methodological self-criticism. Source: Has the science of mindfulness lost its mind? | BJPsych [...]
Social isolation, loneliness could be greater threat to public health than obesity, researchers say
Loneliness and social isolation may represent a greater public health hazard than obesity, and their impact has been growing and will continue to grow, according to research presented at the 125th Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association. Source: Social [...]