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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.

Age Affects How We Predict and Respond to Stress at Home

Researchers say those over 60 are better at predicting stressful events at home than younger people. However, younger people are better at utilizing these predictions to minimize the adverse impact of stress.

Connection Between Dopamine and Behavior Related to Pain and Fear

Using optogenetics, researchers have identified a causal association between dopamine and avoidance behavior linked to pain and fear.

Algorithm Works to Silence Online Chatroom Sex Predators

A new computer algorithm may help to identify sexual predators who target children in chatrooms. The algorithm, dubbed CATT, can identify language differences and self-disclosure in conversations to provide a risk assessment of potential predators, researchers report.

Did Hans Asperger Actively Assist the Nazi Euthanasia Program?

Researchers have investigated Hans Asperger's Nazi era publications and have revealed he actively cooperated with the Nazi's euthanasia program. The Kinder-Euthanasie (child euthanasia) program resulted in the murder of thousands of physically and mentally disabled children under Nazi rule.

Stronger People Have Healthier Brains

A new study reports a strong hand grip is correlated with better visual memory and reaction times in people with psychiatric disorders, such as schizophrenia.

Brain Scans May Help Diagnose Neurological and Psychiatric Disorders

According to researchers, a new neuroimaging system, called fcMRI, can detect subtle differences in how individual brains are wired. The new system may help to distinguish between those at risk of developing neurological and psychiatric disorders, as well as track the progression of diseases.

Physiological Reactions to Emotions are Not Uniform

A new study upends hundreds of years of belief that physiological responses to emotion are uniform. Researchers report there is not a single physiological fingerprint for each emotion, but a population of potential responses.

Pathways in Young Brains Associated with Susceptibility for Mental Disorders

Disruptions in fiber tracts connecting brain regions associated with cognitive behavior and emotional regulation in teens appear to be linked to higher risk of psychiatric disorders, researchers report.

Overcoming Bias About Music Takes Work

Researchers reveal telling people whether a musician in a professional or student can change the way the brain responds to the music they are playing.

Brain Development Influenced by Immune System

A new study provides further evidence for immune system activation during pregnancy and disruptions in brain development. Many adult diseases, researchers say, may originate during fetal development.