A new study found that adolescents experience isolation differently depending on whether they are with close friends or simply acquaintances. Personality traits play a key role in shaping these everyday emotions.
A study found that both standard and low-intensity strength training can help young women manage depressive symptoms associated with anxiety. The findings confirm that lifting weights is an effective way to improve mental health, regardless of the level of effort involved.
An analysis of data from the Chinese General Social Survey found that parents are happier on average than people without children, with particularly high levels of happiness among parents with two daughters. However, the authors caution that the findings are culturally specific.
Jeff Stibel of the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County and Tufts University suggests that consciousness evolved to manage competing needs, rather than as the pinnacle of intelligence.
A new study in Development and Psychopathology found that childhood loneliness and social isolation independently predict mental health and socioeconomic difficulties in young adulthood. Loneliness does not act as a signal to reconnect.
Experiments in San Francisco showed that watching videos of shoplifting leads liberal voters to take a tougher stance on a specific law but does not shift their overall political views to the right.
An analysis of 374 false claims relating to the 2024 US presidential campaign found that anonymous users were the most frequent source of disinformation, while Republican actors produced around 73% of the fact-checked falsehoods.
A new study in mice has shown that activation of specific neurons in the ventromedial hypothalamus immediately after exercise is essential for improving endurance. Blocking these cells prevents muscle adaptation, while stimulating them enhances the training effect.
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