A positive mental attitude appears to have a more powerful impact on the 15-year survival chances of cardiac patients even after the severity of their disease is taken into account, scientists from Duke University Medical Center revealed in the journal Archives of Internal Medicine…

Scientists have discovered that the male Bengalese finch uses a simple mental computation and an uncanny memory to create its near-perfect mate-catching melody.

The body is a dancer’s instrument, but is it attuned to the mind? A new study suggests that professional ballet and modern dancers are not as emotionally in sync with their bodies as are people who regularly practice meditation.

Opposites don’t always attract. A new study shows that participants are happier — and perform better — when the electronic helpers used in online training programs resemble the participants themselves.

Young people in the UK are very satisfied with their lives with 70 per cent rating themselves as happy or very happy. The findings indicate there is little difference between the average life satisfaction score of those children living in the household with the bottom fifth income and those children living in households in the top fifth income bracket.

What makes scientific topics personally relevant and thus interesting to girls? Researchers found that the reason why girls are less interested in science than boys is that scientific topics are commonly presented in a male context. When scientific concepts in physics, information technology, and statistics were presented in a female friendly way – as for example relating to online shopping or cosmetic surgery – the mean level of girls’ interest rose. However, the boys’ interest in these topics simultaneously decreased.

In the case of post-traumatic stress disorder, not all symptoms are created equal…

Despite substantial gains in knowledge and understanding of autism over the last three years, we are still no closer to either prevention or cure, according to Sir Michael Rutter, Professor of Developmental Psychopathology at the Institute of Psychiatry, King’s College London. In a new study, Rutter reviews the latest scientific developments in the study of autism, published between 2007-2010…

Only in very few life phases do individuals face as many life transitions in such a short time as young adults at the age of 19 – 30. The transition from adolescence to adulthood is characterised by frequent changes in status or social roles, such as leaving the parental home, starting a career, entering into working life, forming a partnership and becoming a parent…

Thanks in part to a Norwegian research biobank, researchers have generated important new insight into ADHD and how the condition manifests itself. Among other things, they have found that there is some overlap between ADHD and bipolar disorders with regard to rapid mood swings…