New research published in Human Brain Mapping provides evidence of a shared neural mechanism that underlies sleep disturbance and mental disorders in preadolescents. The findings indicate that sleep disturbance and mental health problems are both relat…
Patients who are slow to wake up after severe COVID-19 are likely to recover consciousness, study indicates
Most patients who suffer impaired consciousness as a result of COVID-19 recover within six months, according to new research published in Neurology. The findings provide new insight into the outcome of neurological complications related to severe COVID…
Nature or nurture? Twin study sheds light on the development of callous-unemotional traits in adolescents
Parenting practices appear to act as a pathway between parental psychopathy and callous-unemotional traits in adolescents, according to a new study published in Research on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology that examined hundreds of twins. The findi…
People who frequently play Call of Duty show neural desensitization to painful images, according to study
A brain imaging study published in the journal Psychology of Popular Media provides evidence that violent video games can lead to a desensitization to painful images, suggesting a reduced empathy for pain. Habitual players of violent video games showed…