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Boosting self-esteem prevents health problems for seniors

The importance of boosting self-esteem is normally associated with the trials and tribulations of adolescence. But new research from Concordia University shows that it’s even more important for older adults to maintain and improve upon those confidence…

Education and culture affect children’s understanding of the human body

Experiences of life and death can help children’s understanding of the human body and its function, according to research published in the British Journal of Developmental Psychology.The study by academics Dr Georgia Panagiotaki and Dr Gavin Nobes from…

Education and culture affect children’s understanding of the human body

Experiences of life and death can help children’s understanding of the human body and its function, according to research published in the British Journal of Developmental Psychology.The study by academics Dr Georgia Panagiotaki and Dr Gavin Nobes from…

Insight into the cause of chronic pain

New insights into how the human brain responds to chronic pain could eventually lead to improved treatments for patients, according to University of Adelaide researchers.Neuroplasticity is the term used to describe the brain’s ability to change structu…

Insight into the cause of chronic pain

New insights into how the human brain responds to chronic pain could eventually lead to improved treatments for patients, according to University of Adelaide researchers.Neuroplasticity is the term used to describe the brain’s ability to change structu…

How the brain recognizes familiar music

Research from McGill University reveals that the brain’s motor network helps people remember and recognize music that they have performed in the past better than music they have only heard. A recent study by Prof.

Oxytocin could provide new treatment for anorexia

Oxytocin, also known as the ‘love hormone’, could provide a new treatment for anorexia nervosa, according to new research by a team of British and Korean scientists.The study found that oxytocin alters anorexic patients’ tendencies to fixate on images …

If work stability is maintained, economic degrowth compatible with wellbeing

Policies aimed at effectively mitigating climate change through a reduction in economic growth and consumption of fossil fuels would have a monetary impact on the economy, but also an impact on the wellbeing and happiness of individuals.

Mindfulness-based meditation helps teenagers with cancer

Mindfulness-based meditation could lessen some symptoms associated with cancer in teens, according to the results of a clinical trial intervention. Mindfulness-based meditation focuses on the present moment and the connection between the mind and body….

New stroke research combines brain stimulation, gait training

A researcher will test whether brain stimulation combined with gait training can improve patients’ ability to walk after a stroke. People 50 or older who have had a stroke will be enrolled in the study and receive gait-training on a treadmill. The trea…