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PA 289/13 The problem of self-harm among young people in care is to be tackled as part of a new research project being led by The University of Nottingham.

AUSTIN, Texas -  Four-year-olds in the nation's largest preschool program fare worse with 3-year-olds in their classrooms, according to new research that shows a common practice in most Head Start programs may stunt children's learning. Three-fourths of Head Start classes teach 3- and 4-year-old children together, but a new study, led by researchers at The University of Texas at Austin, found that older children make smaller academic gains on average when taught with younger preschoolers.

Fluent bilinguals seem to have both languages active at all times whether either was used only seconds earlier or several days earlier. UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. Bilingual speakers can switch languages seamlessly, likely developing a higher level of mental flexibility than monolinguals , according to Penn State linguistic researchers.

The University of Melbourne has staged a coup, recruiting one of the world's most respected performance and music psychology academics, Professor Jane Davidson.

Associate Professor of Psychology Robert Kurzban studies how the mind has adapted over time to the challenges of the social world, such as how to make decisions about cooperation, morality and punishment.

It may happen more than you care to admit. You draw on a memory from the not-so-distant past, and the bucket comes back empty.

Image: Johann Hauser (ca. Königin Elisabeth [Queen Elizabeth] Collection de l'Art Brut, Lausanne.

How romantic expectations transformed 20th Century marriage Love, romance, sexual fulfilment.. a new book by a University of Sussex social historian embraces a period of the 20 th Century that has often been regarded as a golden age of marriage.

People suffering from bipolar disorder can now access a unique on-line programme designed to help manage their condition.

A new online self-management programme to help those suffering from bipolar disorder has just been made freely available to the public.

Nottingham South MP, Lillian Greenwood has been invited to attend The University of Nottingham's annual Summer Scientist Week.

In August, leaders from more than 50 schools from around the country will gather at Yale to hear a simple but profound message - emotions matter in the classroom.

A landmark report co-authored by researchers from the University's Brain and Mind Research Institute (BMRI) into mental health in Australia has found that despite 30 years of reform, people with a mental illness are still treated like second-class citizens.

University of Sydney researcher, Professor Elizabeth Elliott , has had critical input into the federal government's $20 million grant announced today to fund research and prevention of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD).

Researchers commissioned to transform mental health care in England and Wales are appealing for service users in the Nottinghamshire area to take part in the ground-breaking project.

Low-income mothers who cannot afford diapers are also more likely to report symptoms of depression and anxiety, Yale University researchers write in the August issue of the journal Pediatrics. Three in 10 poor mothers report they cannot afford an adequate supply of diapers, the study found.

22 July 2013 The University of Sydney's Brain and Mind Research Institute has joined with the Young and Well CRC, Movember and beyondblue to declare it is 'game on' for tackling the mental health and wellbeing of young men aged 16 to 25, after their national survey revealed almost 20 percent of young men do not think their life is worth living.

MINNEAPOLIS / ST. PAUL (07/16/2013) —The University of Minnesota has signed an agreement with the Iowa Department of Education to provide universal screening and progress monitoring assessments for reading achievement from pre-kindergarten through grade six.

Jennie Noll hopes her research and work on child maltreatment will have an impact on policymakers' decisions to allocate funds for the protection of abused and maltreated children - a population that, she says, is drastically underserved. Noll is joining Penn State 's Network on Child Protection and Well-Being this fall.

Extroverts may be more outgoing and cheerful in part because of their brain chemistry, reports a study by Cornell neuroscientists. People's brains respond differently to rewards, say the neuroscientists. Some people's brains release more of the neurotransmitter dopamine, which ultimately gives them more reasons to be excited and engaged with the world, says Richard Depue, professor of human development in the College of Human Ecology, who co-authored the study with graduate student Yu Fu.

On Thursday 4 July the Institute of Psychiatry (IoP) at King's College London welcomed distinguished and influential guest speakers and nearly 300 delegates to a day of discussion and debate about the stigma and discrimination often faced by people with mental health problems.

Self-assured and well-read, smart and forthright. With the perfect blend of humor and knowledge, psychologist Mattias Lundberg takes up the fight against myths and lies within a sometimes unprofessional field.

Pyschology graduate's research papers published after winning Sussex JRA bursary Florence Mowlem had research papers published while studying as a psychology undergraduate - and, after graduating tod

Learning was child's play for psychology graduate Emma Emma Craig, who graduates today (Tuesday 9 July) with a first-class degree in Psychology, investigated language development in children with developmental psychologist Dr Jessica Horst in the WORD Lab.

5 July 2013 The University of Sydney this week co-hosted two wide-ranging mental health forums with the NSW Mental Health Commission and Mind Australia.

A public conference is being held to share research into the healthcare of older people carried out by researchers from The University of Nottingham.

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. In the largest open-source video-data sharing project of its kind, behavioral researchers, digital library scientists and computer scientists are undertaking the creation of Databrary, a web-based video-data library sponsored by the National Science Foundation and the National Institutes of Health.

New Research Forum on War and Photograhy with Dr Ben Burbridge Sussex academics are exploring some of the most intriguing questions of our age in this series of s. From the implications of corruption in global politics to the latest in our understanding of consciousness, each is intended to encourage discussion and collaboration in connection with the University of Sussex Research Themes, as well as being of interest to wider audiences.

Gay rights activists have notched significant victories as well as some high-profile defeats in the struggle for equality.

ANN ARBOR-Success feels good, but it is better when people win in big groups-even if the chance of success is the same, a new University of Michigan report indicates.

Angie and Bob Tramburg (pictured, with their grandson, who is on the autism spectrum) help lead a group of grandparents that support each other in coping with the effects of autism and developmental disabilities.

ANN ARBOR-Latino kids who spend unstructured leisure time with friends, participate in certain nonschool activities and have part-time jobs may encounter high levels of violence in their communities.

Neuroscientists at the University of Glasgow are looking for volunteers to help them in a project looking at the effects of ageing on the brain. The team from the Institute of Neurosciences and Psychology are looking for men and women aged 55 and over to take part in the study that involves identifying emotional states from facial expressions.

Psychologists who analyzed video of a female chimpanzee, a female bonobo and a female human infant in a study to compare different types of gestures at comparable stages of communicative development found remarkable similarities among the three species. This is the first time such data have been used to compare the development of gestures across species.

New research chair in young people's mental health Professor David Fowler is to join the University of Sussex and Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust in a jointly funded post as Professor of Psychology.

30 May 2013 Government pressure on schools to abandon programmes which promote wellbeing will have disastrous effect on vulnerable pupils, according to University of Manchester research.

An avatar system that enables people with schizophrenia to control the voice of their hallucinations is being developed by researchers at UCL with support from the Wellcome Trust. The computer-based system could provide quick and effective therapy that is far more successful than current pharmaceutical treatments, helping to reduce the frequency and severity of episodes of schizophrenia.

Patients with diabetes who are depressed are much more likely to develop episodes of dangerously low blood sugars, or hypoglycemia, than are those who are not depressed, a new study has found. These episodes typically occur when the drugs used to control high blood sugars drive down blood sugar levels too low.

BBC broadcaster gives media tips to Sussex psychologists BBC broadcaster and Sussex alumna Claudia Hammond gave invaluable media tips to psychology students and researchers when she paid a return visit to campus on Friday (17 May) and met up with some of her former tutors.

Guggenheim Fellows Judith Kroll and David Rosenbaum. The married recipients will use their fellowships to do research at UCLA in Los Angeles.

13 May 2013 Researchers at The University of Manchester are looking for volunteers from across the North West to take part in a new study to help people act on their good intentions to walk more. Studies show that despite many people wanting to increase their physical activity levels, they often fail to do so by not thinking through exactly how they are going to fit it into their busy lives.

Researchers report that those who plan ahead and consider how to respond positively to challenging problems tend to suffer less from anxiety than those who ignore, hide or repress their feelings. Illustration by Julie McMahon CHAMPAIGN, lll.

The Center for Compassion and Altruism Research and Education at Stanford brought together leaders in business and academia to talk about the role of compassion in business.

An innovative study led by The University of Nottingham is to investigate whether arts and humanities can help improve the mental health and well-being of patients and carers alike.

Wide-eyed expressions that typically signal fear seem to enlarge our visual field making it easier to spot threats at the same time they enhance the ability of others to locate the source of danger, according to new research from the University of Toronto.

Sophie Zadeh, a PhD candidate in the Centre for Family Research, is contributing to a new study of the well-being of single mothers by sperm donation and their children.

A digest of new and noteworthy research to complement UC Berkeley press releases. A complete archive of all campus research news is available online. Berkeley - New research by neuroscientists at UC Berkeley, suggests that the human brain is not detail-oriented, but opts for the big picture when it comes to hearing.