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People more likely to trust, cooperate if they can tolerate ambiguity, study finds

17.06.2018 Health Problems

Can a new colleague be trusted with confidential information? Will she be a cooperative team player on a critical upcoming project? Assessing someone’s motives or intentions, which are often hidden, is difficult, and gauging how to behave toward others involves weighing possible outcomes and personal consequences. New research published in Nature Communications indicates that individuals who are tolerant of ambiguity—a […]

A typical communication pattern of people with Alzheimer’s disease

07.06.2018 Health Problems

Dementia in any form is a heartbreaking disease that can take away the capacity for thinking and making judgements. To save face, people with dementia often pretend to know answers to questions, even when they really don’t. This often hides the severity of the disease and exacerbates the fears and frustrations of the people who care for them. The act […]

Black, Hispanic people may be more likely to have a second hemorrhagic stroke than whites

07.06.2018 Health Problems

Black and Hispanic people may be more likely to have another intracerebral hemorrhage, or a stroke caused by bleeding in the brain, than white people, according to a study published in the June 6, 2018, online issue of Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology. Hemorrhagic stroke makes up only 10 to 15 percent of all strokes, […]

Distracted people can be ‘smell blind’

06.06.2018 Health Problems

‘Inattentional smell blindness’, or inattentional anosmia, has been proven to exist in a study from the University of Sussex. Just as it has previously been found that people can miss visual cues when they are busily engaged in a task, the same is true of smells. And unlike visual stimuli, which would be noticed once the person stops being busy, […]

Moderate to high intensity exercise does not slow cognitive decline in people with dementia

17.05.2018 Health Problems

Moderate to high intensity exercise does not slow cognitive (mental) impairment in older people with dementia, finds a trial published by The BMJ today. Although the exercise programme improved physical fitness, it cannot be recommended as a treatment option for cognitive impairment in dementia, say the researchers. Nearly 47.5 million people worldwide have dementia and the view that exercise might […]

Why some people resist authority

15.05.2018 Health Problems

Control aversion—the urge to rebel against control over one’s decisions—can be explained by connectivity between two regions of the brain as well as behavioral measures of distrust and lack of understanding, according to a study of university students published in JNeurosci. Individual differences in control aversion are well-documented and can interfere with important decisions, such as whether or not to […]

Call for older people to be vaccinated against pneumonia

15.05.2018 Health Problems

Action is urgently needed to address declining vaccination rates against pneumococcal pneumonia, which causes more than 2,000 deaths each year in people aged over 65. Researchers, doctors and patients have teamed with Lung Foundation Australia during this week’s Pneumonia Awareness Week to call for proactive community action to address the declining vaccination rates against pneumococcal pneumonia – an infection responsible for more […]

Interpersonal touch helps people evaluate mistakes

09.05.2018 Health Problems

A loved one’s touch might help people perform difficult mental tasks better and deal with setbacks more effectively, according to new research from the University of Dundee. Touch between people is central to communication, socialisation, and wellbeing. Despite this importance, touch is relatively understudied by psychologists compared to other forms of communication. To explore how touch impacts on the ways […]

Noninvasive spinal stimulation method enables paralyzed people to regain use of hands, study finds

26.04.2018 Health Problems

The ability to perform simple daily tasks can make a big difference in people’s lives, especially for those with spinal cord injuries. A UCLA-led team of scientists reports that six people with severe spinal cord injuries—three of them completely paralyzed—have regained use of their hands and fingers for the first time in years after undergoing a nonsurgical, noninvasive spinal stimulation […]

World-first research into injury rates among people released from prison

18.04.2018 Health Problems

Centre for Mental Health Research Fellow Mr Jesse Young led a study that identified hospital records for 1307 people released from seven Queensland prisons from 1 August 2008 to 31 July 2010. The study, published today in The Lancet Public Health, found: Among the 1307 released from prison, 407 suffered 898 injuries resulting in hospital contact Of the 407, 122 […]

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