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...
People who rely on social media for updates and information during a fast-moving crisis get more conflicting information and feel more stress than those who rely on communications from officials and traditional media, finds a study in the Proceedings...
Children who have televisions or video game systems in their bedrooms spend more time watching screens and less time reading and sleeping, which in turn leads to poorer school performance, finds a study in Development Psychology. Researchers analyzed data...
Being in a good mood on the day that you get your flu shot could make the shot more effective, suggests research in Brain, Behavior, and Immunity. Researchers followed 138 adults older than 65 for two weeks before they...
Feeling happy is linked to good physical health among Americans but not among Japanese, finds a study in Psychological Science. Researchers analyzed data from almost 1,400 participants in two studies of midlife adults, one in the United States and...
A short intervention that teaches young children to recognize people of other races as individuals can reduce implicit bias, finds research in Child Development. Researchers worked with 95 preschoolers in China, none of whom had had any direct in-person...
At-risk children who participate in the federal Head Start preschool program are less likely to end up in foster care than those who don’t, finds a study in Children and Youth Services Review. Researchers analyzed data on nearly 2,000...