Category: Studies
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Music Therapy?
Read more: Music Therapy?PsychCentral: Music Prescription for Depression Researchers are investigating how the emotionally soothing effect of music can augment the treatment of depression and the management of physical pain…This could make it possible, within a few years, to develop computer programs which identify pieces of music that will influence a individual’s mood (e.g. to motivate them when exercising…
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Postpartum Depression (for Dads Too)
Read more: Postpartum Depression (for Dads Too)Study: Fathers As Well As Mothers Have Higher Depression Risk During First Year Of Child Being Born Approximately one-fifth of all fathers and over one third of all mothers experience an episode of depression within the first 12 years of their child being born, with the first year having the highest risk, says a British study
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Walking and Deciding
Read more: Walking and DecidingA pair of studies from Science Daily: Walking boosts brain connectivity, function Two heads are better than one — with the right partner
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Laughter Matters
Read more: Laughter MattersPsychCentral: Laughter Is Key for Social Dynamics Researchers are finding that laughter can play key roles in group communication and group dynamics, even when there’s nothing funny to laugh at. The finding comes from new research that examined the role of laughter in jury deliberations during a capital murder case. Also: Laughter Yoga, Serious Benefits…
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Music and Exercise
Read more: Music and ExerciseNYT: Does Music Make You Exercise Harder? Just how music impacts the body during exercise…is only slowly being teased out by scientists. One study published last year found that basketball players prone to performing poorly under pressure during gameswere significantly better during high-pressure free-throw shooting if they first listened to catchy, upbeat music and lyrics (in this…