Health PsychologyFeb 28, 2025
Personality Influences on Sleep Quality and Disorders
Sleep quality and disorders are influenced by enduring patterns of thoughts, emotions and behaviours known as personality traits.
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Health PsychologyFeb 28, 2025
Sleep-Emotion Interactions in Psychological Resilience
Sleep plays a pivotal role in shaping emotional health and fostering resilience in the face of stress. Through coordinated ...
Health PsychologyFeb 28, 2025
Psychological Interventions for Chronic Pain Management
Chronic pain, defined as pain persisting for more than three months, presents multifaceted challenges that extend beyond sensory ...
Health PsychologyFeb 28, 2025
Neuropsychological Mechanisms of Chronic Pain Disorders
Chronic pain disorders are sustained by maladaptive neuroplastic changes across cortical and subcortical networks. Central ...
Health PsychologyFeb 28, 2025
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Health psychology examines the interplay between psychological processes, behaviours and physical well-being. Drawing on the ...
Health PsychologyFeb 28, 2025
Cognitive Behavioral Interventions for Insomnia and Sleep Disorders
Cognitive behavioural interventions for insomnia and related sleep disorders have emerged as first-line treatments that target ...
Health PsychologyFeb 26, 2025
Nuns contribute 30 years of critical insight into dementia disorders
Researchers published a study analyzing more than 30 years of aging and dementia patterns of 678 nuns.
Health PsychologyFeb 24, 2025
New AI model measures how fast the brain ages
A new artificial intelligence model measures how fast a patient's brain is aging and could be a powerful new tool for understanding, preventing and treating cognitive decline and dementia.
Health PsychologyFeb 19, 2025
'Healthy' vitamin B12 levels not enough to ward off neuro decline
Meeting the minimum requirement for vitamin B12, needed to make DNA, red blood cells and nerve tissue, may not actually be enough -- particularly if you are older. It may even put you at risk for cognitive impairment.
Health PsychologyFeb 18, 2025
Newfound circuit better explains how the brain recognizes what is familiar and important
A newly identified part of a brain circuit mixes sensory information, memories, and emotions to tell whether things are familiar or new, and important or just 'background noise.'
Health PsychologyFeb 11, 2025
'I can't hear you, I'm too stressed': Repeated stress in mice reduces sound perception
After a week of stress, mice show changes in how their brains process sound, reducing how well they perceive loud noises, according to a new study.
Health PsychologyFeb 10, 2025
Biomarker test can detect Alzheimer's pathology earlier
Years before tau tangles show up in brain scans of patients with Alzheimer's disease, a biomarker test can detect small amounts of the clumping-prone tau protein and its misfolded pathological forms that litter the…
Health PsychologyFeb 6, 2025
The two proteins involved in Alzheimer's disease affect brain circuits differently
A research team has discovered that the two key pathological hallmarks of Alzheimer's -- tau protein and beta-amyloid -- affect brain circuits in distinct yet synergistic ways, particularly those linked to memory and…
Health PsychologyFeb 5, 2025
Mouth bacteria may hold insight into your future brain function
A new study has found that certain bacteria were associated with better memory and attention, while others were linked to an increased risk of Alzheimer's disease.
Health PsychologyFeb 4, 2025
New drug shows promise in reversing memory loss for early Alzheimer's patients
A paradigm-shifting study shows an experimental drug, GL-II-73, has the potential to restore memory and cognitive function in a mouse model of Alzheimer's disease. The study demonstrates that the drug improves memory…
Health PsychologyJan 31, 2025
Insomnia Assessment and Quality of Life
Insomnia is characterised by difficulties initiating or maintaining sleep despite adequate opportunity, leading to daytime ...
Health PsychologyJan 30, 2025
Being social may delay dementia onset by five years
Being more social by visiting friends, attending parties and going to church may help keep your brain healthy, according to new research.
Health PsychologyJan 30, 2025
ECG tests may someday be used by AI model to detect premature aging and cognitive decline
An artificial intelligence (AI) model designed to predict a person's biological age (age of body cells and tissues) based on electrocardiogram (ECG) data found a strong association between ECG-age and cognitive…
Health PsychologyJan 29, 2025
Changing cholesterol over time tied to risk of dementia
Older adults whose cholesterol changes over time may be more likely to develop dementia than people whose cholesterol is stable, regardless of the actual cholesterol level, according to a new study.
Health PsychologyJan 28, 2025
People with schizophrenia have an altered ability to visually perceive contrast
Schizophrenia is a serious mental disorder that affects around 1% of the world's population. Researchers have identified a deficit in contrast perception in people with schizophrenia. According to a review of more than…
Health PsychologyJan 27, 2025
Hear ye! Hear ye! Researchers uncover new complexities in human hearing
Physicists have discovered a sophisticated, previously unknown set of 'modes' within the human ear that put important constraints on how the ear amplifies faint sounds, tolerates noisy blasts, and discerns a stunning…
Health PsychologyJan 24, 2025
VR subway experiment highlights role of sound in disrupting balance for people with inner ear disorder
The vestibular system is a network of organs in the inner ears that detects the motions and position of the head. The brain uses this information, along with inputs from the eyes and joints, to maintain the body's…
Health PsychologyDec 25, 2024
When kindness becomes a habit, it improves our health
It's that time of year when it's customary to be a little kinder and do nice things for others. Well, here's something ...
Health PsychologyDec 23, 2024
New drug to prevent migraine may start working right away
A drug recently approved to prevent migraine may start working right away, according to a new study. The study looked at the drug atogepant, which is a calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) receptor antagonist taken by…
Health PsychologyDec 18, 2024
How do MS drugs affect pregnancy?
Many women are diagnosed with multiple sclerosis (MS) at an age when they are considering starting a family. What does the disease and its medication mean for the child? To answer this question, a research team analyzed…
Health PsychologyDec 16, 2024
Breathing coordinates brain rhythms for memory consolidation during sleep
Just as a conductor coordinates different instruments in an orchestra to produce a symphony, breathing coordinates hippocampal brain waves to strengthen memory while we sleep, reports a new study. This is the first time…
Health PsychologyDec 10, 2024
Rethinking the brain pacemaker: How better materials can improve signals
Researchers have created organic materials for brain and heart pacemakers, which rely on uninterrupted signal delivery to be effective. Using a plastic base known as polypropylene, the researchers added a specially…
Health PsychologyDec 9, 2024
Study breaks the silence on how fish and lizards regenerate hearing
A new study has identified key gene regulators that enable some deafened animals -- including fish and lizards -- to naturally regenerate their hearing. The findings could guide future efforts to stimulate the…
Health PsychologyDec 9, 2024
Fetal defense: Study reveals early immune protection in the womb
Research revealed that foetuses are not as defenceless as once thought; they can actually fight infections from within the womb. This new understanding could significantly change the way doctors protect foetuses from…
Health PsychologyDec 4, 2024
College students' insomnia linked more strongly with loneliness than screen time
Being lonely is a bigger hurdle to a good night's sleep for college students than too much time at a computer or other electronic screen, a new study suggests.