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The national increase in suicidal behaviors and attempts can stem from many factors, including cannabis use, study finds.

Internet gaming disorder is a growing problem characterized by spending 15 or more hours gaming weekly plus showing addiction symptoms.

Learning a little bit of information over time can be more effective than cramming a lot of information in at once.

Findings support the idea that physical pain and social distress share some similar neural pathways in the brain.

Researchers followed over 1,000 people from New Zealand from birth to age 45 to determine if having more self-control as a child impacts people as adults.

Suicide has increased dramatically. Thus, suicide prevention by identifying risk factors is important to improve suicide screening.

Research by Yin, Jie; Yuan, Jing; Arfaei, Nastaran; Catalano, Paul; Allen, Joseph & Spengler, John (2020). Effects of biophilic indoor environment on stress and anxiety recovery: A between-subjects experiment in virtual reality. Environment International,136, 105427. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2019.10542 Written by Robin N. Fatovic M.S. What changes can you make to your office to reduce anxiety during the workday? Researchers wanted to know…

Research by Hofer, Marlise; & Chen, Frances (2020). The scent of a good night’s sleep: Olfactory cues of aromantic partner improve sleep efficiency. Psychological Science, 31(4), 449–459. https://doi.org/10.1177/0956797620905615 Written by Robin N. Fatovic M.S. Can your partner’s scent impact your sleep quality? Previous research shows that a partner’s scent can reduce stress and increase a sense of security. Psychology researchers…

Research by Haghighatdoost, Fahimeh; Feizi, Awat ; Esmaillzadeh, Ahmad; Rashidi-Pourfard ,Nafiseh; Keshteli, Amar; Roohafza, Hamid; & Adibi, Payman (2018). Drinking plain water is associated with decreased risk of depression and anxiety in adults: Results from a large cross-sectional study. World Journal of Psychiatry, 8(3), 88–96. https://doi.org/10.5498/wjp.v8.i3.88 Written by Robin N. Fatovic M.S. Do you drink enough water throughout the day?…

Research by Lei, Xue & Perrett, David (2020). Misperceptions of opposite‐sex preferences for thinness and muscularity. British Journal of Psychology, 112(1), 247–264. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjop.12451 Written by Robin N. Fatovic M.S. Do men and women have accurate perceptions about body type preferences? Psychology researchers showed 3D images of people with different bodies to 170 white, young adults from the UK. They had…