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Women at midlife are the ones most likely to experience low sexual desire with associated personal distress
Findings from the Journal of Sexual Medicine suggest that low sexual desire accompanied by distress is most common among women reaching midlife. Having a partner, being sexually inactive, and taking psychotropic medication was also associated with a higher likelihood of such distress.
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The COVID-19 pandemic made U.S. college students’ mental health even worse
College students struggled with mental health problems before the pandemic. Now, some vulnerable students are even more at risk.
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Children can improve memory by imagining future tasks
Elementary-aged children often have issues with memory tasks, since they are still developing their cognitive abilities. But new research has determined for the first time that children improved their prospective memory when they were encouraged to both imagine completing tasks ahead of time and predict their performance.
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We’ve got intelligence all wrong – and that’s endangering our future
A narrow focus on IQ to determine success is depriving us of key decision-making smarts, as our faltering response to problems such as covid-19 and climate change shows
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Separation, divorce may fuel fear of abandonment in kids, study says
Kids who see their parents bicker during a separation or divorce are more likely to develop a fear of abandonment, new research warns.
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How and Why Some People Report "Hearing the Dead"
Spiritualist mediums, those who believe they can hear and communicate with the dead, are more prone to immersive mental activities and unusual auditory experiences in early life.
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Fear and Anxiety Drive Conservatives' Political Attitudes
Can brain differences explain conservatives' fear-driven political stances?
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AI Machine Learning Used to Predict Psychosis
European study led by the Max Planck Institute uses AI as a mental health tool.
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Zombie movies prepared you for the pandemic
Tales of post-apocalyptic landscapes in which few survivors emerge into a new and much different world have long been popular tales woven by screenwriters and authors. While many enjoy these stories, thinking of them as nothing but a guilty pleasure, they may not realize that immersing themselves in fiction has prepared them for the reality of 2020, according to a team of researchers.
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Raising The Minimum Wage By $1 May Prevent Thousands Of Suicides, Study Shows
The increases appear to have the largest effect when unemployment is high, according to new research..
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Facebook to hide number of likes in trial aimed at improving users' wellbeing
Social media giant said the move was backed by anti-bullying and mental health groups
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Heightened empathy might exacerbate political polarization rather than mitigate it
New research published in the journal Political Psychology provides evidence that political partisanship can reverse the expected effects of empathy. ...
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A new study has found being angry increases your vulnerability to misinformation
Human memory is prone to error -- and new research provides evidence that anger can increase these errors.
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People with ASD May Be More Likely to Use Drugs
Parents sometimes wonder whether giving their child medication for mental health sends the message that a pill solves problems--and might encourage young people to experiment with drugs. On the other hand, if the medication is effective, even only in part, it might make someone less likely to self-medicate with illegal drugs in search of relief.
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Why our pursuit of happiness may be flawed
It is an emotion linked to improved health and well-being, but is our obsession with being happy a recipe for disappointment, asks Nat Rutherford.
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There's no such thing as an alpha male
Eric Trump recently suggested that when his father, Donald Trump, bragged about grabbing women's genitals without consent, it was an example of "two alpha guys in a thing." In addition to shedding some light on how Trump's son views his father and manhood, it's also interesting because "alpha males" aren't actually a thing.
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Why Interacting with a Woman Can Leave Men "Cognitively Impaired"
In one experiment, just telling a man he would be observed by a female was enough to hurt his psychological performance.
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'Magic mushroom' ingredient could work as mental health treatment
As Oregon has become the first US state to make psilocybin -- the hallucinogenic compound in magic mushrooms -- legal for mental health treatment in supervised settings, a new study finds it works to address depression symptoms
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Women with higher levels of social anxiety may be more accurate in identifying emotions
New research indicates that women with higher levels of social anxiety display heightened performance in a test of cognitive empath
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New research shows online dating can cultivate a rejection mindset
A group of psychologists in the Netherlands have discovered that we have a tendency to gradually close ourselves off when dating online.
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