How a mother and father view each other as a co-parent has an impact on a child's well-being, researchers say. When parents consider their co-parenting relationship to be positive, children are better adjusted. Children were almost as well-adjusted when the parent's relationship was moderate or if the mother had a more negative view of the father's parenting. However, when a father viewed the co-parenting relationship as negative, child outcome suffered.
Higher levels of inflammation linked to poorer survival rates are two to three times more likely in lung cancer patients with depression.
Microglia appear to be associated with brain fog and memory problems that arise as a result of exposure to chemotherapy, researchers discovered. Deleting the immune cells from the microglia in mice who received the chemotherapy drug paclitaxel lowered inflammation and restored memory function.
Recent studies have explored the use of psychedelics for the treatment of a range of mental health disorders. A new study reveals more insightful and mystical "trips" while exposed to psychedelics may be linked to an enduring reduction of symptoms for those with anxiety and depression.
Adults and children as young as 4 utilize the same neural network, the multiple demand network, to help solve difficult cognitive problems. The findings demonstrate this important network for problem-solving and attention develops early in life.
Coaching overweight and obese pregnant women to plan their meals and monitor their eating behavior encourages them to lower fat in their diets.
Performing acts of kindness lead to improvements of symptoms for those who suffer from anxiety and depression, a new study reports.
Overall, scientists and researchers are most innovative and creative early in their careers, a new study reports.
By being unable to focus attention, children avoid the "learning trap" adults sometimes fall into.
Male vampire bats infected with rabies socially withdraw, scaling back their social behavior of grooming other bats before they succumb to the disease.
Evaluating former United States presidents, researchers report wars last longer under presidents who score highest on narcissistic personality traits.
The cilia on neurons play a key role in ensuring dopamine receptor 1 signals are correctly received.