A mother’s stress rubs off on her children, even if she tries to hide it, suggests research in the Journal of Family Psychology. U.S. researchers fitted 107 parents and their children ages 7 to 11 with electrocardiogram sensors to measure sympathetic nervous...
Anxiety may be associated with a reduced ability to adapt to negative and uncertain social conditions, according to research in Psychological Science. Researchers recruited 350 U.S. participants–about a quarter of whom had symptoms of generalized anxiety disorder–to play a trust...
A small portion of the amygdala blunts pain by dampening the activity of multiple pain-processing regions of the brain, suggests research with mice in Nature Neuroscience. Researchers used fluorescent markers to hunt for brain regions activated by surgical anesthetics. This...
A study in Brain, Behavior, and Immunity points to the risk and protective factors for mental health problems linked to the COVID-19 pandemic. Between March 21 and March 28, 2020, 3,480 residents of Spain ages 18 to 80 completed an online survey...
Babies born into bilingual homes change the focus of their visual attention more frequently and more quickly than babies in monolingual homes, according to research in Royal Society Open Science. Researchers tracked the gaze of 102 infants ages 7 to 9 months...
Children are more willing to delay gratification when working with another child to achieve a goal than when working solo, suggests an update of the classic “marshmallow test” published in Psychological Science. Working in both Germany and Kenya, researchers created...
A drug called bumetanide, which has been used to treat edema, improved some symptoms of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in young children, and with no significant side effects, according to a study in Translational Psychiatry. Researchers treated 42 children in...
One-fourth of children under age 8 with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) have not received a diagnosis, and this under diagnosis is worse among black and Hispanic children, according to a study in Autism Research. Researchers analyzed the school and medical...
Psychotherapy appears to help children and adolescents at risk for developing bipolar disorder stay healthy, according to research in JAMA Psychiatry. Researchers studied 127 U.S. children and teens ages 9 to 17 to determine which of two types of...
Children’s behavior may suffer due to a lack of outdoor space or time, especially during COVID-19. Many people such as New Yorkers, rely on city provided green spaces like playgrounds and parks for their children. Due to recent outbreak...