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These research articles involve many aspects of psychology such as cognitive psychology, depression studies, mental health, stress, happiness and neuropsychology, Scroll below for more specific categories.

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Machine Learning Automatically Identifies Suicidal Behavior Using Patient’s Own Words

Analyzing a patient's words, a machine learning system is 93 percent accurate in correctly classifying a suicidal person, researchers report.

This is reads "John threw the old tash sitting in the kitchen out". The word out is circled in red.

Words That Work Together Stay Together

Researchers suggest people may modify language to group related words together.

With Eyes or Nose? How Young Children Use Sensory Cues to Make Social Decisions

Smell influences how children evaluate strange faces, a new study reports.

Music Lessons Improve Children’s Cognitive Skills and Academic Performance

According to a new Frontiers in Neuroscience study, children who participate in structured music lessons showed enhancements in cognitive abilities over their peers who did not receive music lessons. The researchers note the improvements in short term memory, language based reasoning and planning seen in children who had music lessons had a positive impact on academic achievement.

Study suggests overdiagnosis of schizophrenia

Researchers provide evidence schizophrenia may be overdiangosed in patients experiencing anxiety and other mood disorders.

Structural protein may be new marker of depression

The protein tubulin blocks molecules that trigger the production of cAMP, leading to reduced messaging in the brain. Previous studies have found those with depression have less cAMP in their brains. The findings suggest tubulin could be a potential biomarker for depression.