Psychology

Psychology (nouvelles.umontreal.ca):
A study found that young people aged 17 to 30 with ADHD reported listening to background music significantly more often than neurotypicals when playing sports and studying, preferring stimulating music over relaxing music
Psychology (psypost.org):
Study suggests that adolescents who become more grateful over time are less likely to experience depression—especially when their gratitude boosts their self-esteem. The research tracked middle school students in China and found that gratitude is linked with lower levels of depression.
Psychology (psypost.org):
Men are more distracted by sexual images than women | In all conditions, participants were slower to make decisions when exposed to sexual images.
Psychology (psypost.org):
Lonely individuals are more likely to be sick, study finds. Individuals who were socially disconnected—lonely, socially isolated, or lacking social support—had a higher incidence of all 11 categories of medical conditions tracked in a large Danish study.
Psychology (psypost.org):
Study of different types of patriotism from Poland suggests that those who glorify their nation tend to prioritize obedience to national symbols and traditional purity values while being less concerned with preventing harm or ensuring fairness.
Psychology (psychologytoday.com):
Americans have a dim view of their country’s future. The US media is biased towards bad news. People are pessimistic about the nation’s future after reading bad news, finds new study.
Psychology (eurekalert.org):
Democrats are more likely to trust their personal doctors and follow their doctors’ advice than Republicans, new research finds. The study found that Republicans and Democrats shared a trust in their doctors until 2020, when Democrats began to show more trust in their doctors than Republicans.
Psychology (9news.com.au):
A study of more than 600,000 first-time mothers in Denmark found that those who started a hormonal contraceptive in the year after giving birth were almost 1.5-times more likely to develop depression compared to mothers not using a hormonal contraceptive
Psychology (psychologytoday.com):
Study found that people who were not married were less at risk (at least 50% lower risk) than married people for dementia. One contributing factor may be that single people are better at maintaining social ties. Single people may also have a greater variety of interesting and unique experiences.
Psychology (pnas.org):
Most Christian American religious leaders silently believe in climate change - Nearly 90% of U.S. Christian religious leaders believe in human-caused climate change—yet nearly half have never addressed it with their congregations, and only a quarter have mentioned it more than once or twice.