The number of girls and young women who end up in the emergency room for self-inflicted injuries, including suicide attempts, has increased, finds a report in JAMA . Researchers analyzed Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data on emergency...
Black parents may be less likely to report concerns about autism symptoms in their children than white parents are, which could partly explain why far fewer black children are diagnosed with autism, suggests a study in Autism that was...
The temperature of the region that you grow up in could influence your personality, suggests a study in Nature Human Behavior. Researchers analyzed data on more than 5,500 Chinese students and more than 1.6 million Americans who responded to...
People with family members who have been prescribed opioids are more likely to get opioid prescriptions themselves in the next year, finds research in JAMA International Medicine. Researchers analyzed records of commercial insurance claims from 13 million people who...
Teens who spend more than five hours a day on electronic devices are at greater risk for depression and suicidal thoughts, finds research in Clinical Psychological Science. Researchers analyzed data from two nationally representative surveys of U.S. teens in...
When babies and adults gaze at each other, their patterns of neural activity synchronize, finds research in PNAS. Researchers used EEG to monitor the brain activity of both an infant and an adult as the baby watched the adult...
Women may pass the effects of childhood trauma on to their daughters, suggests research in JAMA Psychiatry. Researchers studied the medical records of more than 46,000 Finnish people born from 1933 to 1944, and 93,000 of their children. During...
Children begin to seek evidence that enables them to test fishy-sounding claims in early elementary school, suggests a study in Developmental Psychology. Researchers showed 191 Chinese preschool – and elementary-school-age children (ages 3 to 8) several different-size Russian nesting...
Listeners can recognize emotions such as sadness and joy in singers’ voices, even absent linguistic and melodic cues, finds research in Psychomusicology:Music, Mind, and Brain. Researchers asked eight opera singers to sing the standard musical scale with the meaningless...
Boys at risk of developing psychopathy don’t have the same urge to join in group laughter than most people do, finds a study in Current Biology. Researchers tested 62 11- to 16-year-old boys diagnosed with disruptive behaviors, along with...