Digital games, typical of those used on smartphones, may relieve stress after a day’s work more effectively than mindfulness apps, according to a study by UCL and the University of Bath. In […]
Digital games may beat mindfulness at relieving stress
Failure, For The Win
At Enel, how employees talk about getting it wrong is how they get it right. What is it about failure? Headlines such as “Failure has never been more successful” and the global […]
“Prisons Disrupt People’s Attempts To Improve Their Lives”: Honorary Doctor Richard Sparks On Crime And Punishment
The work of professor Richard Sparks is both timeless and timely. On the occasion of the 90th anniversary of criminology at KU Leuven, the Faculty of Law presented him with an honorary […]
Who you don’t know: Stanford economist examines how a weak social network can explain inequality, social immobility
Why inequality exists, financial markets crash, polarization arises and health epidemics spread can be explained by a powerful social structure: the human network. o understand why people succeed or fail, look at […]
Seven moral rules found all around the world
Anthropologists at the University of Oxford have discovered what they believe to be seven universal moral rules. The rules: help your family, help your group, return favours, be brave, defer to superiors, […]
Time Parents Spend With Children Key To Academic Success
The time parents spend with their children has a powerful effect on their educational achievement, according to a large study with a novel approach. Researchers analyzed data on children in Israel who […]
Study Finds Large Shift Towards Acceptance Of Evolution Among Mormon Undergraduates
New research suggests there has been a shift toward acceptance of evolution among undergraduates who are members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The study, published in PLOS One, also […]
Study: Women Who Give Birth To Boys Much More Likely To Have Postnatal Depression
A University of Kent study into postnatal depression (PND) found the odds of developing this condition increased by 79% when mothers had baby boys compared to baby girls. Overall the researchers identified that women […]
Brain Training App Helps Reduce OCD Symptoms, Study Finds
A ‘brain training’ app developed at the University of Cambridge could help people who suffer from obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) manage their symptoms, which may typically include excessive handwashing and contamination fears. […]
New Study Finds Patients Want More Information About Their Medicin
The first major study of the burden of long-term medicine use has revealed that many patients want more information on the medicines they’re prescribed and greater say in the brands they use. […]
Around The World, People Have Surprisingly Modest Notions Of The ‘Ideal’ Life
It seems reasonable that people would want to maximize various aspects of life if they were given the opportunity to do so, whether it’s the pleasure they feel, how intelligent they are, […]
Mental Health Awareness Week: Which Generation Is Most Stressed?
Millennials and Generation X are both feeling burnt out, suggest findings. As part of Mental Health Awareness Week, the MHF surveyed more than 4,500 people on stress in the UK. Those aged […]
Study: Conspiracy theorists are not necessarily paranoid
A new study from psychologists Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz helps to untangle the relationship between belief in conspiracy theories and paranoia. The researchers found that conspiracy theorists are not necessarily paranoid. […]
Giving Up Facebook Leads To a Drop in the Stress-related Hormone Cortisol, Study finds
Quitting Facebook for five days was associated with a drop in the stress hormone cortisol, according to a preliminary study published in the Journal of Social Psychology. “I have been a Facebook user […]
