Breastfeeding and children’s sleep duration at 1 year of age: A nationwide birth cohort – The Japan Environment and Children’s Study.
A comprehensive longitudinal study recently published in the European Journal of Clinical Nutrition has established a significant correlation between early-life breastfeeding and improved sleep duration in infants by the time…
Rethinking Cerebellar Research: Virginia Tech Study Challenges Long-Held Assumptions in Neurological Disease Study
New research from a Virginia Tech neuroscientist at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC is raising questions about a long-standing approach to studying chronic neurological conditions such as dystonia,…
Study explores how cultural tightness shapes personality and political beliefs
Defining the Construct: The Mechanics of Tight and Loose Cultures At the heart of this research is the concept of cultural tightness-looseness, a framework popularized in modern psychology to describe…
Assessing the association between ADHD and brain maturation in late childhood and emotion regulation in early adolescence
Recent advancements in developmental neuroscience have provided a new lens through which to view the trajectory of childhood mental health, suggesting that the physical structure of a child’s brain may…
Inhibiting glycan degradation prevents HIV-induced inflammaging and cognitive impairment
The medical community has long celebrated the success of antiretroviral therapy (ART) in transforming HIV from a fatal diagnosis into a manageable chronic condition. However, this increased longevity has revealed…
Social attunement and alcohol use: The role of age and gender
A comprehensive international study involving an international sample of adolescent and adult alcohol users has revealed that social attunement—the subtle process of aligning one’s behavior with social norms—plays a paradoxical…
Anhedonia makes young people less likely to work for high rewards
The Global Burden of Youth Depression and Anhedonia Depression remains one of the primary drivers of disability on a global scale, particularly among adolescents and young adults. According to the…
The Billion-Dollar Fish Oil Myth: New Research Questions Omega-3 Supplements for Brain Health
Americans are investing heavily in their cognitive well-being, with annual spending on fish oil supplements soaring past the $1 billion mark. This widespread consumer behavior is largely driven by pervasive…
Remote work could threaten your relationship
The study, led by Alejandro Canek Hermida Carrillo of Imperial College London, alongside colleagues Felix Bölingen, Russell A. Matthews, and Ingo Weller, identifies a critical variable known as "segmentation preference."…
















