Young children who are close to their parents are more likely to grow up kind, helpful and ‘prosocial’

Study using data from 10,000 people in the UK found that those who had a closer bond with their parents at age three tended to display more socially-desirable

Cambridge University News • cambridge
Oct. 9, 2023 ~7 min

Is AI in the eye of the beholder?

Study shows users can be primed to believe certain things about an AI chatbot’s motives, which influences their interactions with the chatbot.

Adam Zewe | MIT News • mit
Oct. 2, 2023 ~8 min


How community gardening could ease your climate concerns

Could community gardening emerge as an effective method for addressing climate anxiety?

Jose Yong, Assistant Professor of Psychology, Northumbria University, Newcastle • conversation
Sept. 28, 2023 ~8 min

Suppressing negative thoughts may be good for mental health after all

The commonly-held belief that attempting to suppress negative thoughts is bad for our mental health could be wrong, a new study from scientists at the

Cambridge University News • cambridge
Sept. 20, 2023 ~10 min

Suppressing negative thoughts may be good for mental health after all, study suggests

The commonly-held belief that attempting to suppress negative thoughts is bad for our mental health could be wrong, a new study from scientists at the

Cambridge University News • cambridge
Sept. 20, 2023 ~10 min

Depression recovery can be hard to measure − new research on deep brain stimulation shows how objective biomarkers could help make treatment more precise

Deep brain stimulation can help some people with treatment-resistant depression feel better, but it can be unclear whether a bout of low mood is a relapse or a bad day.

Sankaraleengam Alagapan, Research Scientist in Electrical and Computer Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology • conversation
Sept. 20, 2023 ~8 min

Keeping your cool in a warming world: 8 steps to help manage eco-anxiety

A therapist shares advice for harnessing your stress over climate change and other environmental harms and putting it to work.

Karen Magruder, Assistant Professor of Practice in Social Work, University of Texas at Arlington • conversation
Sept. 18, 2023 ~8 min

Shelters can help homeless people by providing quiet and privacy, not just a bunk and a meal

As US cities struggle to reduce homelessness, two scholars explain how planners can reform shelter design to be more humane and to prioritize mental health and well-being.

Heather Ross, Clinical Associate Professor in Nursing and Clinical Associate Professor, School for the Future of Innovation in Society, Arizona State University • conversation
Sept. 13, 2023 ~10 min


Healthy lifestyle can help prevent depression – and new research may explain why

A healthy lifestyle that involves moderate alcohol consumption, a healthy diet, regular physical activity, healthy sleep and frequent social connection, while

Cambridge University News • cambridge
Sept. 11, 2023 ~7 min

Molecule reduces inflammation in Alzheimer’s models

A potential new Alzheimer’s drug represses the harmful inflammatory response of the brain’s immune cells, reducing disease pathology, preserving neurons, and improving cognition in preclinical tests.

David Orenstein | The Picower Institute for Learning and Memory • mit
Sept. 5, 2023 ~8 min

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