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·December 8, 2021·3 min read

Ways to Help Children Learn Forgiveness

Children are more likely to forgive wrongdoers who apologize, especially if the offender is in their "in-group", and the upset child possesses advanced Theory of Mind skills.

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·December 5, 2021·4 min read

Studies of Children’s Stories Shows Differences in Russian and U.S. Approaches to Emotion

Russian children's books focus more heavily on negative human emotions, such as anger, sadness, and fear than books US parents are likely to expose their young children to.

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·November 2, 2021·4 min read

New Tool Assesses How Well People Read Kids’ Emotions

Researchers have developed a new tool, dubbed PerCEIVED Task, which assesses how accurately people can recognize specific emotions in elementary school-aged children.

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·August 6, 2021·3 min read

The Older People Think a Black Child Is, the More Likely They Are to Wrongly See the Child As Angry

The older an adult believes a Black child to be, the more likely they are to believe the child is exhibiting angry emotions, even when they are not. The same emotional perception shift does not occur when an adult sees an image of a white child.

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·July 27, 2021·4 min read

Study Reveals the Relationship Between How We Feel and Our Views on Aging

Researchers share new insight on subjective age discordance, the difference between how old you feel and how old you would like to be. The study reports on days you feel closest to your ideal age, your mood is more positive.

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·July 15, 2021·4 min read

Resilience Is Dynamic, Not a Static Character Trait

Resilience fluctuates because it encompasses the way individuals respond to a variety of circumstances over time.

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·June 7, 2021·5 min read

Nobody’s Been Studying Socially Isolated Kids, and That’s a Problem

Study reveals clear differences between children who are rejected by their peers and those who face social isolation. Children who are rejected by their peers are more likely to exhibit aggressive behaviors, while those who are isolated were less likely to exhibit prosocial behaviors.

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·April 7, 2021·5 min read

Late Night Snacks May Hurt Your Workplace Performance

Snacking on unhealthy foods late at night was associated with problematic physical symptoms, including headaches and stomach aches the next morning. Additionally, snacking on junk foods before bed was associated with negative moods the next day. The changes in both physical and mental symptoms were, in turn, associated with decreased performance at work.

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·December 8, 2020·3 min read

Bartonella Infection Associated With Psychiatric Symptoms and Skin Lesions

Study adds to the growing evidence Bartonella infection is associated with neuropsychological symptoms in addition to dermatological symptoms.

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·October 13, 2020·2 min read

Machine Learning Predicts How Long Museum Visitors Will Engage With Exhibits

A new machine learning algorithm can accurately predict how long people will spend viewing an exhibit at a museum.

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·April 9, 2020·3 min read

Off-the-shelf artificial cardiac patch repairs heart attack damage in rats and pigs

An artificial cardiac patch helps improve heart attack damage in both rat and pig models. The patch can deliver cell-derived healing factors directly to the site of injury, improving cardiac tissue repair.

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·April 7, 2020·2 min read

Common protein in skin can ‘turn on’ allergic itch

Periostin can directly activate neurons associated with itching. Blocking periostin receptors reduced itch response in mouse models of chronic allergic itching.