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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.

Pepsi or Coke? Partner’s Choices Can Make You Miserable

Duke researchers report the brands your partners choose could impact your happiness.

Cognitive Abilities Seem to Reinforce Each Other in Adolescence

A new study reports cognitive abilities mutually assist each other during development. This results in improved cognitive skills and general intelligence over time.

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Brain Injury in Kids Might Lead to Alcohol Abuse

According to a new Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience study, children who experienced TBI under the age of 5 were 3.6 times more likely to have problems with substance abuse as teens. Finding suggest traumatic brain injuries during early life could be a risk factor for alcohol abuse later in life.

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Secret to Happiness May Include More Unpleasant Emotions

Researchers report happiness is linked to feeling desired emotions, even when those emotions may be negative.

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Why Expensive Wine Appears to Taste Better

Researchers reveal how our brain's reward system tricks us into thinking a more expensive bottle of wine tastes better.

Taboo Words’ Impact Mediated by Context, Listeners’ Likelihood of Being Offended

According to an Acta Psychologica study, context and an individual's likelihood of being offended influence how profanity effects attention.

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What Happens When People Hear Voices Others Don’t?

Computational modeling and neuroimaging could help differentiate people with psychosis from those who experience auditory hallucinations without the disorder.

Hormone Shows Promise as Cognition Enhancer

Researchers report klotho, a life extending protein, improved working memory, spatial memory and learning in mice. The researchers also noted a single injection of klotho was sufficient to improve cognitive ability and the effects were long lasting.

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Preparing For Longevity: We Don’t Need to Become Frail As We Age

According to a Frontiers in Physiology report, frailty may not be an inevitability as we age. It may be treatable, and even preventable.

‘Ego Dissolving’ Psychedelic Drugs Could Assist With Mental Health

A new study in Neuroscience of Consciousness adds weight to previous findings about the potential benefits psychedelics could have for treating mental health disorders.

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Sleep Makes it Possible for Babies to Associate Words With Content, and Not With Noise

A midday nap after a learning session helped infants associated correct or incorrect words to new objects they had been exposed to. The study sheds light on the role sleep plays in developing lexical memory.