Growing up poor and stressed impacts brain function as an adult | UIC News Center Childhood poverty and chronic stress may lead to problems regulating emotions as an adult, according to research published online in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. “Our findings suggest that the stress-burden of growing up poor may be an underlying mechanism that accounts for the relationship between poverty as a child and how well your brain works as an adult,” said Dr. K. Luan Phan, professor of psychiatry at University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine and senior author of the study. The study was conducted by researchers at UIC, Cornell University, University of Michigan and University of Denver. The researchers found that test subjects who had lower family incomes at age 9 exhibited, as adults, greater activity in the amygdala, an area in the brain known for its role in fear and other negative emotions. The 49 participants were part of a longitudinal study of childhood poverty.
What Housework Has to Do With Waistlines Justin Pumfrey/Getty Images Phys Ed Gretchen Reynolds on the science of fitness. One reason so many American women are overweight may be that we are vacuuming and doing laundry less often, according to a new study that, while scrupulously even-handed, is likely to stir controversy and emotions. The study, published this month in PLoS One, is a follow-up to an influential 2011 report which used data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics to determine that, during the past 50 years, most American workers began sitting down on the job. But that study, while fascinating, was narrow, focusing only on people with formal jobs. “Fifty years ago, a majority of women did not work outside of the home,” said Edward Archer, a research fellow with the Arnold School of Public Health at the University of South Carolina in Columbia, and lead author of the new study. So, in collaboration with many of the authors of the earlier study of occupational physical activity, Dr. What his study suggests, Dr.
10/23/13, 15:21 Leuchtende Rote Laternen Die Leuchtenden Roten Laternen waren eine Gruppierung von chinesischen Frauen, die während des Boxeraufstands gegen die westlichen Mächte kämpften. Geschichte[Bearbeiten] Die Leuchtenden Roten Laternen waren ursprünglich Kampfsportverbände von Frauen, die mit Fächern und Säbeln übten. Während des Kampfes gegen die imperialistischen Mächte arbeiteten diese Gruppen eng mit den Boxern zusammen. In der Forschung wird der Nutzen der Leuchtenden Roten Laternen für die Aufständischen, gemäß den von ihnen hauptsächlich übernommenen Aufgaben, vor allem in ihrem logistischen Potenzial gesehen, weniger in ihrer Kampfkraft. Nicht zu unterschätzen ist der Einfluss der den Leuchtenden Roten Laternen zugeschriebenen magischen Kräfte. Organisation[Bearbeiten] Die einzelnen Gruppierungen der Laternen waren engmaschig verbunden. Die Mitglieder der einzelnen Gruppen waren in eine Hierarchie von Schwesternschaften gegliedert, die den Qualifikationsrängen des Kampfsportes entsprach. Literatur[Bearbeiten]
Teenagers Are Still Developing Empathy Skills 10/23/13, 19:04-- During a period of time I July - Psychology graduate’s dissertation accepted by academic journal Tue, 29 Jul 2014 12:38:00 BST A BREAKTHROUGH by a talented University of Huddersfield student has shown for the first time that people with psychopathic tendencies who have high IQs can mask their symptoms by manipulating tests designed to reveal their personalities. It raises the possibility that large numbers of ruthless risk-takers are able to conceal their level of psychopathy as they rise to key managerial posts. Carolyn Bate (pictured), aged 22, was still an undergraduate when she carried out her groundbreaking research into the links between psychopathy and intelligence, using a range of special tests and analysing the data. She wrote up her findings for the final-year project in her BSc Psychology degree. Carolyn, who has now graduated with First Class Honours, said that her project was triggered when she read about research which showed that while one per cent of the population were categorised as psychopaths, the figure rose to three per cent in the case of business managers.
Fighting Parents Hurt Children’s Ability to Recognize and Regulate Emotions Exposure to verbal and physical aggression between parents may hurt a child’s ability to identify and control emotions, according to a longitudinal study led by NYU’s Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development. The findings, which appear in the journal Development and Psychopathology, also suggest that household chaos and prolonged periods of poverty during early childhood may take a substantial toll on the emotional adjustment of young children. “Our study points to ways in which aggression between parents may powerfully shape children’s emotional adjustment,” says C. Cybele Raver, professor of applied psychology at NYU Steinhardt and the study’s lead author. Research has demonstrated that exposure to conflict and violence in the home can shape children’s neurobiological, cognitive, and behavioral responses. The researchers evaluated the families in a series of home visits from the time a child was two months old through 58 months of age.