Details Behind the Body’s Response to Stress RevealedStudy reveals how key proteins regulate the brain's response to stress in the hippocampus.Read More
A Father’s Parenting Style Could Be Predicted in Advance of His Child’s BirthExpectant fathers with higher levels of brain activation and oxytocin later endorsed a more "child-led" empathetic style of parenting once their child was born.Read More
Use Rewards Effectively to Boost CreativityOffering a range of rewards for people to choose from helps to boost creativity, especially within the workforce, a new study reports.Read More
Going With Your Gut Can Result in Better Decision-Making Than Using Detailed Data MethodsPeople who trust their gut instinct with simple decision-making strategies make equally as good, but faster, decisions as those who rely on data methods alone.Read More
Men Doing More Family Caregiving Could Lower Their Risk of SuicideMen's caregiving work within a family may help to protect them against suicide, particularly in times of economic difficulties.Read More
Writing Can Improve Mental HealthFrom reflective journaling to creative prose, writing can help boost self-esteem, deepen a sense of self-control, and improve self-awareness. Writing can also help reduce stress, anxiety, and depression.Read More
Depression and Tau Deposits Seen in Subset of Middle-Aged PersonsDepressed middle-aged carriers of the APOEe4 Alzheimer's genetic variant are at risk of developing tau accumulations in brain areas associated with emotion and memory.Read More
Commercial Video Games Could Help Treat Mental IllnessInexpensive, commercial video games may help those suffering from anxiety and depression to combat their symptoms. Researchers found that, in addition to conventional games, virtual reality games could help people overcome mental health problems.Read More
A Quarter of Adults Don’t Want Children, and They’re Still HappyStudy reveals few differences in life satisfaction and limited differences in personality traits between those who are child-free and those who are parents.Read More
That Song Is Stuck in Your Head, but It’s Helping You to RememberEarworms, those songs that get stuck in your head, may help strengthen memories of music and life events, a new study reports.Read More
Potential Pathways to Treating Alcohol Use Disorder and Depression IdentifiedBlocking hippocampal STAT3 in those with alcohol use disorder may alleviate symptoms of depression associated with withdrawal.Read More
Inflammatory Processes Are Altered in the Brains of People With Opioid Use DisorderNeuroinflammation may be a key player in the pathological brain changes produced as a result of chronic opioid use. Microglia is likely responsible for the majority of the changes.Read More
