Inflammation briefly dampens pleasure and the desire to socialize, placebo-controlled study finds
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Inflammation briefly dampens pleasure and the desire to socialize, placebo-controlled study finds
Inflammation may do more than make people feel sick. In a placebo-controlled study, triggering inflammation in healthy women reduced their desire to socialize and ability to feel pleasure, even after accounting for sickness symptoms.
Reading for pleasure is linked to better brain health across the lifespan
From early childhood to old age, people who read for pleasure tend to show better cognitive performance and mental well-being. Cambridge researchers argue that reading and book clubs could be low-cost ways to support brain health.
Study finds a specific emotional route from feeling humanized to political compromise
Across five experiments in three countries, people who read posts describing their party as sophisticated rather than as brutes became more open to negotiation — and the emotion doing the work was disgust, not anger or empathy.
Your teenage mental health may say something about your vote at 40, study finds
A large 28-year study in Norway reveals that mental health issues starting in adolescence predict distinct adult voting habits. Researchers found early anxiety or disruptive behaviors are linked to specific ideologies and lower trust in government by midlife.
The psychological motives driving internet justice and public shaming
People who support online public shaming and digital vigilantism are often motivated by the pleasure of seeing others suffer and a desire to boost their own moral status, according to a recent psychological survey.
Estrogen therapy linked to fewer signs of Alzheimer’s disease in brain tissue
Women who use estrogen-only hormone therapy during menopause may have a lower risk of developing the brain changes associated with Alzheimer's disease, according to a large analysis of patient data and autopsy records.
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