Dementia patients with distorted memories may actually retain key information...
Some memories containing inaccurate information can be beneficial to dementia sufferers because it enables them to retain key information researchers say. The University of Birmingham researchers...
View ArticlePeople with depression have stronger emotional responses to negative memories
People with major depressive disorder (MDD) feel more negative emotion when remembering painful experiences than people without the disorder, according to a new study in Biological Psychiatry:...
View Article‘Dog-Speak’ important for social bonding between pet and owner
Scientists at the University of York have shown that using ‘dog-speak’ to communicate with dogs is important in relationship-building between pet and owner, similar to the way that ‘baby-talk’ is to...
View ArticleGames for Mental Health research analyses the community model on mental...
The results of the Games for Mental Health research, a citizen science project that analyses interactions between people who have mental disorders, family members and caregivers in a participating way,...
View ArticleFirst German Migrant Election Study: How Immigrants and Their Children Vote
Joint research project by the University of Cologne and the University of Duisburg-Essen compares Germans of Russian and Turkish descent.
View ArticleStudie zur Bundestagswahl 2017: So haben Deutsche mit Migrationshintergrund...
Wahlbeteiligung bei Deutschen mit Migrationshintergrund niedriger als bei Mehrheitsgesellschaft
View ArticleParents’ lives made more miserable by the ‘boomerang generation’ returning...
Adult children who return to live with their parents, the so-called ‘boomerang generation’, cause a significant decline in parents’ quality of life and well-being, according to new research from the...
View ArticleTeen gamers have as many friends as non-gamers
Young digital gamers do not have fewer friends at school than their non-gamer peers, two new research articles from Uppsala University indicate.
View ArticleWe're not addicted to smartphones, we're addicted to social interaction
Mobile-device habits may not be anti-social, but rather hyper-social -- stemming from a healthy human need to socialize. This is the finding of a new review of the dysfunctional use of smart...
View ArticleThe role of childhood abuse in chronic depression
An innovative study published by Eva-Lotta Brakemeier and her Group shed new light on the role of childhood abuse in chronic depression and borderline personality disorder.
View ArticleChildhood abuse moderate the effect of psychotherapy in depression
In the current issue of Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, Klein and colleagues report the effect of childhood maltreatment on the outcome of psychotherapy.
View ArticleA new treatment for obsessions and compulsions
An innovative psychotherapeutic treatment protocol is presented in the current issue of Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics.
View ArticlePsychotherapy of depression via internet work out up but only to a certain time
The long-term outcome of a randomized controlled trial on depression treated with psychotherapy via internet is presented in the current issue of Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics.
View ArticleEmotional inhibition and childhood trauma may have genetic correlations
An innovative study published in Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics has explored the genetic relationship between childhood trauma and emotional inhibition (alexithymia).
View ArticleWeb Application Raises Privacy Awareness
A newly developed web application informs Internet users about how their personal information is being treated. Developed by researchers at Aalborg University, the goal is to make us aware of how much...
View ArticleAnthropologists show how migrant communities physically grow taller when they...
A new study has shown that migrant populations moving to more affluent countries grow physically taller over relatively short periods of time.
View ArticleHow the brain might compensate stress during learning
When people have to assess a situation within seconds, it helps them to draw on learned categories. Psychologists from the Ruhr-Universität Bochum examined with the help of electroencephalography (EEG)...
View ArticleGeological Society supports CaSE call for action on visa restrictions
The Geological Society has today supported a letter to the Prime Minister published by the Campaign for Science and Engineering, calling on the government to take urgent action in revising current...
View Article100 years Wageningen University & Research
09/03/2018 — 15/03/2018, On 9 March 2018, Wageningen University & Research will ring in its 100th anniversary. The focus of the WUR100 celebration is Wageningen Wisdom & Wonder. During the...
View ArticleFemale genital mutilation: seeking ‘alternative rites of passage’
Kenya-UK collaboration working towards happier, healthier lives for women and girls The potential of a method of replacing female genital mutilation as an initiation into womanhood with culturally...
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