Children who have older sisters have better language skills than those with older brothers, according to a study in Psychological Science. Researchers analyzed data from a French cohort study, which followed children and their mothers from before birth through age...
Using time-outs to discipline children does not harm them or their relationships with their parents, suggests a study in the Journal of Development & Behavioral Pediatrics. Researchers analyzed longitudinal data from 1,387 U.S. children enrolled in Head Start programs. The data revealed that by...
Despite the conventional wisdom that bystanders–particularly those in large groups–fail to help victims under attack, video footage of real-life conflicts suggests that bystanders help victims of aggression in nine out of 10 public fights, according to a study in...
Individuals with common mental health problems believe a widely used classification system for mental disorders omits emotional and psychological experiences that they regularly have, according to a study in The Lancet Psychiatry. Researchers asked 157 people from India, the United Kingdom...
Crying may aid in the regulation breathing during stressful situations, suggests a study in Emotion. Researchers randomly assigned 197 female undergraduate students in Australia to watch sad or emotionally neutral videos for 17 minutes. About half of the participants...
Anorexia nervosa appears to have both psychiatric and metabolic aspects, suggests a study in Nature Genetics. Analyzing genetic data from 16,992 individuals with anorexia nervosa and 55,525 control individuals from 17 countries, investigators identified eight gene variants associated with anorexia...
When teenagers play a video game designed by researchers to teach empathy, the game affects areas of their brains related to empathy and emotional regulation, finds research in npc Science of Learning. In the game, players interact with human-like aliens and must...
Babies born to mothers who smoke tobacco are at increased risk for attention-deficit hyper-activity disorder (ADHD), finds a study of Finnish mothers and infants published in Pediatrics. Researchers looked at 1,079 Finnish children born in 1998 and 1999 who...
Teenagers are particularly sensitive to facial expressions of anger and fear and lose some of that sensitivity as they age, finds a study in the Journal of Experimental Psychology: General. Researchers tested more than 9,500 online participants, ages 10 to 85, on a...
Teenagers and young adults who take amphetamine-based stimulants to treat attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) are at increased risk for developing psychosis, finds a study in the New England Journal of Medicine. Researchers analyzed the health-insurance records of nearly 222,000 young people, ages 13...