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·May 20, 2022·4 min read

Ruminating on Our Ruminations Causes More Depression

Negative metacognitions and rumination can exacerbate symptoms of depression, researchers say.

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·May 17, 2022·4 min read

Statins May Provide Protection Against Depression

Statins reduced negative emotional bias in people with depression. The findings suggest statins may provide protection against depression.

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·May 13, 2022·4 min read

How Sleep Helps to Process Emotions

Study sheds light on how the brain processes emotions during dream sleep by consolidating positive emotions while dampening the consolidation of negative emotions. The findings could pave the way for new treatments for PTSD and other disorders associated with negative emotional processing.

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·May 10, 2022·4 min read

When Eyes Meet, Neurons Start to Fire

A specific set of socially tuned neurons fire across multiple regions across the prefrontal cortex and the amygdala at different times during mutual eye contact. The brain regions are recruited to compute selective aspects of interactive social gaze, suggesting the importance of a more contemplative role during social gaze interactions.

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Featured Neuroscience

·May 2, 2022·3 min read

Dopamine Involved in Recognizing Emotions

Researchers reveal dopamine, a neurotransmitter commonly associated with reward plays a key role in social cognition and emotional recognition.

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·April 26, 2022·5 min read

Micronutrients Show Benefit for Children With ADHD and Emotional Dysregulation

Children with ADHD and emotional regulation disorders who consumed a micronutrient formal made of essential minerals and vitamins were three times more likely to show improvements in symptoms compared to those who did not consume the formula.

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·April 21, 2022·8 min read

Psychopaths Can Feel Emotions and Can Be Treated

Contrary to popular belief, those suffering from psychopathy are able to experience emotions, but they do have a blunted emotional response if their attention is directed toward something else. In essence, psychopaths feel emotions, but ignore them if they feel they might interfere with attaining personal goals.

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·April 21, 2022·3 min read

Differences in Children’s Behavior Predict Midlife Health Behaviors

Socioemotional behavior at age eight predicted health behaviors during midlife both directly and indirectly through education.

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Featured Neuroscience Psychology

·April 20, 2022·5 min read

Feeling Sensations, Including Ones Connected to Sadness, May Be Key to Depression Recovery

Suppressing or blocking out physical sensations related to emotions such as sadness can hinder recovery from depression symptoms and may cause a relapse into depression.

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·April 14, 2022·7 min read

Does Music Improve Overall Health and Well-Being?

Listening to music helps improve mood and decreases anxiety, regardless of the genre. Researchers found listening to music elicits similar autonomic nervous system activation patterns people experience as a result of exercise. Findings reveal clinically significant improvements in well-being and health-related quality of life associated with music engagement.

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·April 5, 2022·3 min read

Women Seen as Happy and Men as Angry Despite Real Emotions

Researchers say sex influences emotional interpretation of faces and voices. Faces and voices are judged to be male when they are angry and female when they are happy.

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·April 2, 2022·4 min read

Examining the Link Between Blood Pressure and Emotions

Men with hypertension more often recognized angry expressions when looking at the face of another person. The anger recognition bias contributed to blood pressure increases over time if a person frequently tends to feel angry.