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After Being Insulted, Writing Down Your Feelings on Paper Then Getting Rid of It Reduces Anger

Apr. 9, 2024 — Researchers have discovered a simple, but effective, strategy to help people reduce their feelings of anger. Disposing of a piece of paper containing your written thoughts on the cause of your anger ...

Breathe, Don't Vent: Turning Down the Heat Is Key to Managing Anger

Mar. 18, 2024 — Venting about a source of anger might feel good in the moment, but it's not effective at reducing the rage, new research suggests. Instead, techniques often used to address stress -- deep breathing, mindfulness, meditation, yoga or even counting to ...

New Study Reveals the Profound Impact of Forced Separation Between Humans and Their Pets

Jan. 28, 2024 — Pet owners forced to be separated from their animals in crisis situations, including those who are victims of domestic violence, are suffering from a lack of support services needed to protect ...

Do Violent Video Games Numb Us Towards Real Violence?

Jan. 16, 2024 — Neuroscientists have investigated whether playing violent video games leads to a reduction in human empathy. To do this, they had adult test subjects play a violent video game repeatedly over the course of an experiment lasting several weeks. Before ...

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Living in Violent Neighborhoods Affects Children's Brain Development

Feb. 22, 2024 — Living in neighborhoods with high levels of violence can affect children's development by changing the way that a part of the brain detects and responds to potential threats, potentially leading to ...

Bullied Teens' Brains Show Chemical Change Associated With Psychosis

Feb. 5, 2024 — Researchers have found that adolescents being bullied by their peers are at greater risk of the early stages of psychotic episodes and in turn experience lower levels of a key neurotransmitter in a ...

Sniffing Women's Tears Reduces Aggressive Behavior in Men, Researchers Report

Dec. 21, 2023 — New research shows that tears from women contain chemicals that block aggression in men. The study finds that sniffing tears leads to reduced brain ...

Glial Tone of Aggression

Dec. 5, 2023 — While anger and aggression are instinctive behaviors found across many species, leaving these emotions unchecked can lead to conflict and violence. In a recent study, researchers demonstrated that ...

Fighting Fruit Flies Help Researchers Understand Why We Stay Angry

Nov. 29, 2023 — Researchers are homing in on the neurons, circuits, and mechanisms responsible for persistent aggression in fruit ...

How Teachers Would Handle Student Violence Against Educators

Nov. 14, 2023 — For the first time, teachers in a nationwide study have told researchers what strategies they think work best to deal with student violence against educators. Teachers rated suspending or expelling ...

Want to Achieve Your Goals? Get Angry

Oct. 30, 2023 — While often perceived as a negative emotion, anger can also be a powerful motivator for people to achieve challenging goals in their lives, according to new ...

Children as Young as Four Eat More When Bored

Oct. 24, 2023 — A new study has shown that children as young as four years old eat 79% more calories when they are bored, compared to when they are in a neutral ...

Calls for Verbal Abuse of Children by Adults to Be Formally Recognized as Form of Child Maltreatment

Oct. 2, 2023 — A new systematic review has highlighted the importance of identifying childhood verbal abuse by adults as a standalone subtype of child maltreatment, ...

Researcher Combats Bullying of Students With Disabilities

Aug. 30, 2023 — Students with disabilities are often bullied and socially excluded in school at a far greater rate than their classmates. To help teachers recognize, respond to and prevent bullying toward these ...

School Focus on Grades, Test Scores Linked to Violence Against Teachers

Feb. 23, 2024 — Violence against teachers is likely to be higher in schools that focus on grades and test scores than in schools that emphasize student learning, a new study has ...

Health Impacts of Abuse More Extensive Than Previously Thought, Research Says

Dec. 11, 2023 — Partners and children who are subject to domestic abuse are more likely to experience certain physical and mental health effects than previously thought, according to a new ...

Heavy Drinking, Handgun-Carrying Linked Among Rural Youth

Aug. 23, 2023 — Alcohol use and subsequent handgun carrying were positively associated during adolescence and young adulthood among individuals who grew up in rural areas, similar to findings in urban areas. ...

Overuse of Social Media and Devices Top Parent Concerns as Kids Head Back to School

Aug. 21, 2023 — As children head back to school, two issues have climbed higher on their parents' list of concerns: the role of social media and the internet in kids' ...

Formerly Depressed Patients Continue to Focus on Negative

Aug. 21, 2023 — People who have recovered from a major depressive episode, when compared with individuals who have never experienced one, tend to spend more time processing negative information and less time ...

Young Kids May Learn to Identify Dog Aggression With Age and Experience

July 26, 2023 — In a study of children and adults, both higher age and having had a pet dog were associated with better ability to recognize dog emotions from facial expressions. The findings show that 4-year-olds ...

Controlled Cruelty: New Study Finds Aggression Can Arise from Successful Self-Control

July 13, 2023 — A new study has found that aggression is not always the product of poor self-control but, instead, often can be the product of successful self-control in order to inflict greater ...

Mental Imagery a Helpful Way to Distract Teens from Negative Thought Patterns

Apr. 27, 2023 — For adolescents who may get stuck in negative thought spirals, refocusing on mental imagery is a more effective distraction than verbal ...

Dynamic Expression of Brain Serotonin Receptors Across the Menstrual Cycle Provides Clues About Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder

Feb. 23, 2023 — A new study explores the interplay between the serotonin system and estradiol in the brain, showing that the central nervous system in patients with premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD) seems to ...

Beta-Blocker Use Associated With Lower Rates of Violence, Research Finds

Jan. 31, 2023 — Reductions in violence are seen in individuals using Beta adrenergic-blocking agents (Beta-blockers) compared with periods that they are not taking the medication, a new study finds. If the findings ...

Warm Days Are Contributing to Gun Violence Surge Across the United States, Study Finds

Dec. 16, 2022 — A new study has found a consistent relationship between higher temperatures and higher risk of shootings in 100 of the country's most populated cities. The comprehensive study reveals that ...

Changing Feelings Can Boost Creativity for Conventional Thinkers

Nov. 22, 2022 — Even people who tend to think conventionally, such as accountants or insurance adjusters, can be creative, a recent study suggests, if they can look at emotional situations in a different light. In a ...

Deprivation in Childhood Linked to Impulsive Behavior in Adulthood

Nov. 17, 2022 — Researchers found a link between deprivation in childhood and impulsive behavior -- leading to addictions later in life. The findings, which are a culmination of six years of research, also found a ...

Nazi Propaganda from 1927-1945 Reveals Role of Dehumanization of Jews in the Holocaust

Nov. 9, 2022 — A linguistic analysis of Nazi propaganda suggests that dehumanization of Jews shifted over time, with propaganda after the onset of the Holocaust portraying Jews as having a greater capacity for ...

Violence on TV: The Effects Can Stretch from Age 3 Into the Teens

Nov. 8, 2022 — A new study suggests that exposure to violent screen content in the preschool years is associated with a heightened risk of psychological and academic difficulties in ...

Having Suffered Trauma During Childhood Triples the Risk of Suffering a Serious Mental Disorder in Adulthood, Study Finds

Nov. 3, 2022 — A new study links psychological trauma in childhood with an increased risk of developing some kind of mental disorder years ...

Good Sleep Can Increase Women's Work Ambitions

Oct. 31, 2022 — A study indicated that sleep quality impacted women's mood and changed how they felt about advancing in their careers. Meanwhile, men's aspirations were not impacted by sleep quality. The ...

New Research Shows Link Between Workplace Bullying and Conspiracy Beliefs

Oct. 27, 2022 — New research has shown that people who experience bullying in the workplace are more likely to engage in conspiracy ...

Oct. 7, 2022 — Spanking is more common among parents who report using many types of discipline with children and in families where there is intimate partner violence, according to new ...

A New Understanding of the Neurobiology of Impulsivity

Sep. 23, 2022 — While not all impulsive behavior speaks of mental illness, a wide range of mental health disorders which often emerge in adolescence, including depression and substance abuse, have been linked to ...