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- Sensory Over-Responsivity in Children Linked to Autism and Anxiety, Not ADHD
A large child study links sensory over-responsivity with autistic traits and anxiety, but not independently with ADHD.
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- Study Finds Remote Workers Report Higher Well-Being Than Office Workers
A study of 7,704 employees found remote workers reported higher well-being than hybrid and office workers.
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- Why Many Unmarried Adults in Midlife Prefer Cohabitation Over Marriage
A study of single adults in their 30s and 40s found that cohabitation is often more appealing than marriage, while many prefer staying single or remain unsure.
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- ADHD Linked to Higher Rates of Gastrointestinal Problems
A major review of 23 studies found that people with ADHD had almost 50% more gastrointestinal symptoms than people without ADHD.
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- Could Early Sexual Experiences Shape Women’s Desire Later in Life?
A new psychology model suggests that unequal sexual experiences during adolescence may help shape differences in sexual desire later in life.
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- Brain Stimulation Helps Socially Anxious People Control Avoidance
A small study found that synchronized brain stimulation helped people with high social anxiety better control automatic avoidance responses.
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- Attachment Style May Shape Who Appears in Your Imagined Future
New research suggests attachment style influences how many other people we picture when imagining our personal future.
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- Harsh Parenting Linked to Teen Depression and Aggression Through Repetitive Negative Thinking
A three-year study found that harsh parenting was linked to teen depression and aggression through repeated cycles of sad and angry thoughts.
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- Psilocin Triggers Rapid Neural Growth in Laboratory Study
A lab study found that psilocin rapidly increased new neural connections in cultured rat brain cells, offering clues about psychedelic antidepressant effects.
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- Persistent Financial Hardship Linked to Later-Life Brain Shrinkage
A decades-long study links persistent financial hardship with lower midlife cognitive scores and more brain shrinkage later in life.
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- Nature Exposure Linked to Better Emotional and Brain Health
A new review finds that real, virtual, and imagined nature can help reduce negative emotions and support brain health.
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- Singlehood Can Be a Path to Personal Growth
New research suggests that seeing singlehood as a chance for growth is linked with greater satisfaction, well-being, and less fear of being single.
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- Paying Attention to Your Body May Help Regulate Inflammation
A new human study found that focusing attention on an inflamed area may help regulate the body’s short-term immune response.
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- Oregon Psilocybin Program Shows Promising Mental Health Results
A study of Oregon's legal psilocybin program found improved mental health, well-being, and life satisfaction for many participants over three months.
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- Could Humor and Wit Have Shaped Human Evolution?
A new theory suggests that humor, clever language, and verbal competition may have helped shape human language and cognitive evolution.
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- Traffic Noise Can Drown Out the Mood Benefits of Birdsong
New research suggests traffic noise can weaken the stress and mood benefits people get from listening to natural sounds such as birdsong.
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- Anxious Kids With Poor Emotion Regulation May Prompt More Family Accommodation
A study found that anxious children who struggle more with emotional regulation tend to have families that make more changes to ease their anxiety.
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- How Life Stories May Reveal Personality Functioning
A new study suggests that the way people describe major life events may offer clues about personality functioning and everyday struggles.
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- Why Vague Offers of Help Can Miss the Mark When Someone Is Struggling
When someone is struggling, vague offers of help can leave them doing the work of asking, while specific offers and genuine listening can make support easier to accept.
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- Speaking Multiple Languages Linked to Younger-Looking Brain Activity
New research suggests multilingual people can have brain activity that looks younger than their age, with the biggest gap seen in people who speak four languages.
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