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Physical multimorbidity and loneliness are increasingly recognised as public health concerns, but the nature of their potential relationships remains unclear. Here we report bidirectional associations between physical…
Abundant evidence shows that when listening to speech or reading text, we continuously make high-level predictions about upcoming words â their content, meaning, and relationship to the overall narrative. Does this…
Visual food stimuli are widely used in food perception and evaluation research, but are often limited by a lack of control of confounding variables. AI-generated food images may be a viable but yet understudied…
This paper examines how long-term transformations in pottery styles from the Jutland Peninsula (Denmark) may relate to patterns of visual attention between 4600 and 1 BCE. Free-viewing eye-tracking experiments were…
Canada ranks among the worldâs most prominent immigrant-receiving countries, and immigration has become an integral part of its demographic, economic, and cultural landscape. This study investigates the factors…
Increasing multiculturalism and globalization have increased the discrepancies between socially-shared norms and personal values. This study examined whether the association between Cultural Estrangement (CE) and…
In recent years, “attention” has become increasingly important as a scientific and philosophical topic, as an object of empirical research, and more broadly, as a key concern in societal debates about the digital…
Generative artificial intelligence (AI) is increasingly used in higher education, but its associations with studentsâ broader psychological outcomes remain uncertain. This cross-sectional study examined generative AI…
The constant increase in the use of virtual worlds in recent decades has raised concerns about their potential effects on usersâ mental health. However, the great heterogeneity of the scientific literature on this…
Artificial Intelligence (AI) makes it feasible to generate highly finished ads for pretesting, before final, human production. In this ‘proof of concept’ study, AI was used to make static and multi-shot video ads. When…
The present article describes a Spanish lexical decision dataset designed to support analyses of how orthographic letter-position coding relates to affective properties during visual word recognition. The dataset…
Ever feel that the arrival of summer sun makes you feel a bit dopey? You wouldn't be the only one. Soaring temperatures are known for their ability to slow our thought processes, making even everyday tasks seem like a…
It was such a strange place for headphones that there was no way you'd forget. A few hours later, you want to go to the gym, and the headphones are gone. Not gone, exactly, because they're still next ...
Volunteers with YouthLine traveled to Washington, D.C., to advocate for peer-to-peer mental health services, highlighting demand for youth crisis support.
A new study finds most of the gap is driven by preventable physical disease. The post Serious mental illness may shorten life by up to 20 years, and suicide is not the main cause first appeared on ...
The Coalition’s future goals include increasing youth leadership activities and opportunities, as well as support and education for parents and trusted adults to prevent substance misuse and suicide - ...
A person's sleep patterns could be an early sign of Alzheimer's disease, a new study says. A greater number of micro-awakenings during sleep is linked to a greater genetic risk for Alzheimer's, researchers report in the…
As animals learn to self-administer cocaine, specific brain networks rapidly expand and then shrink. Using advanced imaging, researchers discovered that the cells controlling this addictive habit constantly swap in and…
Thomas's phone alarm buzzes at 9:30 p.m.—it's time for the aspiring bodybuilder to start injecting several banned peptides into his stomach.
A 20-minute walk may help reduce anxiety, lower stress, improve mood, support sleep, encourage mindful breathing, and provide a mental break. , Health, Times Now ...
Researchers discovered that the youth-associated protein TIMP2 restores healthy immune function in the aging brain by rejuvenating microglia.
Imaging turnaround times continued to increase across modalities through 2024, according to a study published online Aug. 3 in Journal of the American College of Radiology.
(MedPage Today) -- Luigi Mangione's guilty plea Friday to federal stalking charges in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson resolved one of two cases against him in the executive's death. He is scheduled to…
Posted August 14, 2026 | Reviewed by Tyler Woods By Zishan Jiwani (Ph.D. Candidate in Counseling Psychology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison) and Nona Kiknadze (Ph.D. Candidate in Counseling Psychology at the…
(MedPage Today) -- Health officials from California warned on the dangers of acquiring breast milk outside of vetted channels after multiple infants were potentially exposed to HIV from donor milk obtained via social…
I teach a university course called Hormones and Behaviour. What surprises students is that biological sex is not produced by a single switch. What surprises me is that many students have never been taught this before. It…
Mental health is difficult to discuss when survival is all that’s on the mind. That was one of the clearest messages to emerge Thursday as the National Alliance on Mental Illness brought ...
Smartphones and social media have become deeply embedded in the lives of young people, and two Cheyenne youth mental health professionals say communities need to take a closer look at how ...
Posted August 14, 2026 | Reviewed by Monica Vilhauer Ph.D. The eclipse observed throughout Europe this week evoked different emotions among those who witnessed it, including awe. Awe is believed to be an emotion, a moral…
States are moving faster and further than federal regulators to get kratom off store shelves, with some banning the herb outright while a pending federal rule targets only one of its chemicals.