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Treatment of personality disorders by psychotherapy: A French multicenter study

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created Sep 23, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (3) | comments 0

A French multicenter study headed by Jean Cottraux (Lyon) has investigated the role of psychotherapy in borderline personality disorder.


Mary Buchanan, Study Participant

Older adults control emotions more easily than young adults

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created Mar 04, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (5) | comments 1

With age comes the ability to better regulate emotions in order to not disrupt performance on a memory-intensive task, according to a study published in the March issue of the journal Psychology and Aging.


Brains rely on old and new mechanisms to diminish fear, researchers find

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created Sep 10, 2008 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Humans have developed complex thought processes that can help to regulate their emotions, but these processes are also linked with evolutionarily older mechanisms that are common across species, according to a study by neuroscientists ...


Study shows how using mental strategies can alter the brain's reward circuitry

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created Jun 29, 2008 | popularity 4 / 5 (7) | comments 0

The cognitive strategies humans use to regulate emotions can determine both neurological and physiological responses to potential rewards, a team of New York University and Rutgers University neuroscientists has discovered. ...





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The regulation of negative emotions: Impact on brain activity

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created Mar 18, 2008 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (23) | comments 1

Emotions play an important role in the lives of humans, and influence our behavior, thoughts, decisions, and interactions. The ability to regulate emotions is essential to both mental and physical well-being.


Independent brain pathways generate positive or negative reappraisals of emotional events

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created Sep 24, 2008 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Scientists now have a better understanding of how the human brain orchestrates the sophisticated pathways involved in the regulation of emotions. The research, published by Cell Press in the September 25th issue of the journal ...


Is my robot happy to see me?

Is my robot happy to see me?

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created Oct 19, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- People are social creatures. Robots... not so much. When we think of robots, we think of cold, metallic computers without emotion. If science fiction has taught us anything, though, it's that ...


Are power and compassion mutually exclusive?

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created Dec 17, 2008 | popularity 4 / 5 (5) | comments 0

The fact that many cultures emphasize the concept of "noblesse oblige" (the idea that with great power and prestige come responsibilities) suggests that power may diminish a tendency to help others. Psychologist Gerben A. ...


Self-regulation game predicts kindergarten achievement

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created Jun 08, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Early childhood development researchers have discovered that a simple, five-minute self-regulation game not only can predict end-of-year achievement in math, literacy and vocabulary, but also was associated with the equivalent ...


Self-regulation abilities, beyond intelligence, play major role in early achievement

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created Apr 04, 2007 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (11) | comments 0

Although intelligence is generally thought to play a key role in children's early academic achievement, aspects of children's self-regulation abilities -- including the ability to alternately shift and focus attention and ...


Listen to your heart: Researchers discover a physiological indicator of vulnerability to temptation

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created Mar 21, 2007 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (16) | comments 0

We’ve all had our moments of weakness when trying to control ourselves; eating that donut on your diet, losing your temper with your kids, becoming upset when you’re doing your best not to. It isn’t like we plan on these ...


Disgusting videos key to first-ever brain imaging study comparing ways of controlling emotions

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created Mar 17, 2008 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (16) | comments 0

"Control yourself!" Most of us haven't heard that admonition since our last childhood tantrum. Nonetheless, it's something we often tell ourselves, consciously or not, as we deal with life's daily ups and downs. The ability ...


Rats move toward the food but do not eat

Rats move toward the food but do not eat

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Sep 08, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 2

Scientists led a rat to the fatty food, but they couldn't make it eat. Using an animal model of binge eating, University of Missouri researchers discovered that deactivating the basolateral amygdala, a brain ...


Regulating emotion after experiencing a sexual assault

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created Oct 22, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

After exposure to extreme life stresses, what distinguishes the individuals who do and do not develop posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD)? A new study, published in the October 1st issue of Biological Psychiatry, sugges ...



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