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Psychology’s replication problems drew wide attention after 2015. A new study in Nature suggests the challenge is not unique to psychology: across economics, education, business, sociology, and political science, success…
A matched case-control study in Bukavu found no independent association between children's nocturnal bedwetting and depressive symptoms, ADHD, or low self-esteem.
A review published in BMC Psychiatry, covering 46 studies and more than 24,600 university students across the GCC, found that around half reported symptoms of depression, anxiety or stress. UAE ...
Oura is pushing further into clinical healthcare research with its first clinical trial to study the link between smart ring data and obesity treatment outcomes. | Oura is pushing further into ...
Beauty has long been described as something that makes us pause and look. Neuroscientists in Italy tested that idea by recording brain activity while people viewed nature photos, and found signs that liked images…
A study of 5,336 people in four African countries found that, without floods, the sample would have had 25% fewer mental health problems.
Children who experience trauma early in life don’t all develop the same problems. A new study suggests their cortisol response to stress may help predict whether anxiety or acting out becomes more prominent as they grow.
If you have a job that makes you sit at a desk most of the time, by the end of the workday you might feel stiff and exhausted. At that point, “it might seem overwhelming
APS will host three virtual summits, all free for APS members, scheduled at regional times for participants residing in different time zones.
Nearly 150 participants representing 25 countries will join the program this year.
Icelandic researchers compared schools with and without bans and found no meaningful change in depression, anxiety, bullying, or screen time.
A Stanford Medicine study that looked at outcomes of cancer patients identified with mental health disorders found significantly elevated mortality rates two to five years into survivorship.
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A major new study reveals that autistic children’s brains process faces differently, and those differences may begin earlier than scientists previously thought. Researchers found that brain signals associated with…
Reading a news headline about a violent tragedy can provoke an unsettled, sickening jolt that feels very different from the anxiety of facing a personal threat. A new study published in Cognition and ...
A qualitative Chilean study describes how mental health professionals' overprotective, affectionate attitudes towards users can coexist with devaluing beliefs about their capabilities.
A study published in JMIR showed that Oura Ring is an accurate women's health product as well, with the Ovulation Detection algorithm outperforming the calendar tracking method and detecting 96.4% of ...
A bibliometric analysis of 891 publications from 2006 to 2026 maps how pulmonary arterial hypertension research shifted from endothelial progenitor cell transplantation toward mesenchymal stromal cell ...
In a survey of nearly 28,000 period-tracking app users, women reported reaching orgasm more often during solo sex than with a partner. Yet it was partnered orgasm frequency, not solo orgasm frequency, that was linked to…
Two of the most famous experiments in psychology, the Stanford prison experiment and Stanley Milgram's obedience studies, have been called a sham , a ...
Two of the most famous experiments in psychology, the Stanford prison experiment and Stanley Milgram's obedience studies, have been called a sham, a lie and a fraud.
At the 9th International Yaba Research Conference 2026, leading psychiatrists in the country have called on the Federal Government to allocate a minimum of 2.5 per cent of the health research budget ...
About one in three English secondary school students had come across self-harm content online in the past month. Most never went looking for it; the content typically appeared in their social media feeds.
5-MeO-DMT is an active compound in venom from the Sonoran Desert toad. (Jason Hughes/500px Plus/Getty Images) In a quest to improve patients' mental health, it seems scientists are working their way ...
"Data Workers and the Mental Toll of Cleaning the Internet,"... Content moderation, such as data labeling and data cleaning, is just one visible part of a broader ecosystem of dat ...
A new study links cannabis use to loud snoring and breathing pauses during sleep, with stronger associations among frequent users. The authors suggest that smoke irritation and muscle relaxation in the throat may play a…
… But older legislators need to grasp that efforts to diversify organizations, many of which focus on new hires, mean that Gen Z has a unique experience of the job market. Exposing white men in
HNSF meeting will feature research on GLP-1 medications, gene therapy for genetic hearing loss, sleep apnea, cognitive decline, and access to care.
A cross-sectional analysis of 708 clinical records found that mental health and housing stability were associated with better substance use outcomes, with the largest differences across the most acute ...
In a brain imaging study conducted in Poland, people with strong left-wing views barely changed their political beliefs after reading counterarguments, even as they lowered their confidence in factual claims. Their…
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