Neuroscience
Connecting you to the psychological science behind the news:
1. Marital strife 'linked to rise in blood pressure' (The Scotsman).
A happy marriage is good for your blood pressure ... but a stressful one is worse than being single (Daily Mail).
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2. Snakes and ladders can help a child's maths (Daily Telegraph).
Board games "boost early maths skills" (The Guardian).
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3. 'Stop smoking in pregnancy for more relaxed babies' (The Independent).
Pregnant mothers who quit smoking ‘likeliest to have easy-going child’(The Times).
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4. Face values applied to love game (BBC News online).
Face gives away sexual intentions, new study says (The Times).
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Post written by Christian Jarrett (@psych_writer) for the BPS Research Digest.
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Neuroscience
Behind the news
Connecting you to the psychological science behind the news:1. Marital strife 'linked to rise in blood pressure' (The Scotsman).
A happy marriage is good for your blood pressure ... but a stressful one is worse than being single (Daily Mail).
Link to the journal source.
Link to the lead author.
2. Snakes and ladders can help a child's maths (Daily Telegraph).
Board games "boost early maths skills" (The Guardian).
Link to the journal source.
Link to the lead author.
3. 'Stop smoking in pregnancy for more relaxed babies' (The Independent).
Pregnant mothers who quit smoking ‘likeliest to have easy-going child’(The Times).
Link to journal source.
Link to lead author.
4. Face values applied to love game (BBC News online).
Face gives away sexual intentions, new study says (The Times).
Link to journal source.
Link to lead author.
Post written by Christian Jarrett (@psych_writer) for the BPS Research Digest.
- Behind The News
Connecting you to the psychological science behind the news: Prozac, used by 40m people, does not work say scientists (The Guardian). Anti-depressants 'no better than dummy pills' (Daily Telegraph). Link to the journal source (open access). Link...
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Connecting you with the psychological science behind the news: 1. 'Sleepless grumps' seen in brain (BBC News Online) Brain study: Sleepy, grumpy and ... primitive? (Reuters) Here is the journal source. Here is one of the key authors. 2. Breastfeeding...
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Connecting you with the psychological science behind the news: 1. Food cravings battle 'pointless' (BBC News online). Revealed: Resisting chocolate just makes you want more, say psychologists (Daily Mail). Here is the journal source. Here is the...
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Connecting you with the psychological science behind the news: 1. Stressed mothers hold baby on the right (the Telegraph). Cradling linked to depression in new mothers (the Guardian). Here is the journal source. Here is the lead author. 2. Brain type...
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