Adolescents who show signs of alcohol dependence are more likely to develop depression by their mid-20s, according to a new study led by University of Bristol and UCL researchers.
It is well known that adolescents tend to adopt the same behaviours as their peers.
Could we temporarily increase brain plasticity in adults to decrease fear and anxiety responses in people who have experienced trauma?
There's new hope for potentially restoring vision in patients suffering from degenerative retinal disease, thanks to work by researchers at Université de Montréal.
Numerous visual illusions are caused by limits in the way our eyes and visual neurones work – rather than more complex psychological processes, new research shows.
Repealing laws that criminalised sexual intercourse between same-sex partners brought down crime and improved LGBTQ+ mental health in the US, a new study finds.
Financial pressures, long working hours and isolation are among with the causes of “concerning” levels of anxiety among farming women, a new study shows.
Reduced blood flow and impaired neurovascular coupling are well-known features of glaucoma, the main cause of non-curable blindness affecting 80 million people worldwide in 2020.
A recent study that was conducted by Alexe Bilodeau-Houle through her master's degree at Université de Montréal has found that children with less secure attachment relationship and high physiological concordance with their parents are more likely to be fearful. According to a press release, the study was published in the Journal of Experimental Child Psychology in February, and showed factors that influence observational fear learning in children.
In a 2022 study published in the Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, researchers, including Dr. Janet Geipel from the University of Exeter Business School, found that the way information is presented, either spoken or written, affects how people think.
People with severe alcohol disorder were able to stay off alcohol for longer when they were treated with low doses of ketamine combined with psychological therapy in a clinical trial.
Alzheimer’s disease seems to progress faster in women than in men.
A research team led by University of Montreal chemistry professor Alexis Vallee-Belisle recently found that breaking molecular nanomachines, which are essential components of life, can lead to the creation of new and improved ones.
New research shows that Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) can help promote self-kindness in people with a history of depression, thereby putting their bodies in a state of safety and relaxation.
Researchers from North Carolina State University have discovered that a particular molecular signaling pathway plays an important role in producing osteoarthritis (OA) pain.
A recent study from North Carolina State University underscores the feedback loop between racism, stress and anti-racist activism in young Black people.
High doses of a widely-used drug used in the hormonal treatment of conditions such as excessive hair growth, early puberty, prostate cancer are linked to an increased risk of meningioma —
A new target in the brain which underpins the eliciting of anxiety and fear behaviours such as ‘freezing’ has been identified by neuroscientists.
Researchers from Texas A&M University, the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, and Children's Hospital of Philadelphia have found a genetic pathway that influences sleep in animals and humans.
Ultra-powerful 7T MRI scanners could be used to help identify those patients with Parkinson’s disease and similar conditions most likely to benefit from new treatments for previously-untreatable symptoms, say scientists.