Has cricket helped to unite South Asia?
...n suggested that this shot may have galvanised the emotions of these two nations in a manner unparalleled in sport. Overall, Pakistan was more likely to win after Miandad's six. Factors such as venue, winning the toss, and batting first were not associated with outcome. These data suggest that in one day matc...OHSU researchers, collaborators make recommendations to self-treating physicians
...ealth care. "As physicians, we learn to keep our emotions in check in the face of life-threatening illness," said Fromme. "It seems only natural that we might take refuge in the power and familiarity of our physician-role when faced by our own life-threatening illness. So therefore, should physicians doctor...Hormone may offer hope for treating some behavioral disorders
...abnormal amygdala activation in response to facial emotions and other social stimuli. The amygdala, a part of the limbic brain, has emerged as one of the most critical areas influencing how we respond emotionally. It has also been shown to play an important role in emotional learning and in the attribution of...Some infants recognize, respond to social eating cues
... becoming full. This could indicate a link between emotions and eating, similar to the comfort eating of many adults. While the study does not suggest any specific behaviors parents can model to make mealtime easier, Lumeng suggests mothers should trust their instincts and know that their baby might be mo...How brain gives special resonance to emotional memories
...of pictures that evoked both positive and negative emotions and those that were neutral. Emotional pictures depicted such negative events as aggressive acts or injured people and such positive events as romantic scenes or sporting triumphs. Neutral pictures included such subjects as buildings or scenes of rou...Wealth does not create individual happiness and it doesn't build a strong country, either
...ing, optimism and trust, and positive and negative emotions in specific areas such as work life and social relationships. The periodic assessment of a sample of the population would provide policymakers with a much stronger basis to gauge the well-being of the nation. It would allow them to refocus. "After...Laughter helps patients communicate emotion in therapy sessions
...with patients, the patients feel validation of the emotions they are expressing. "The clinical implications of the findings support the need for therapists to pay closer attention to when patients laugh during psychotherapy. Therapists should explore the meaning of what is said immediately preceding laughte...Gender and sex hormones affect the brain's pain response and more, according to new studies
...dividual's perception of a stressful event and the emotions that accompany it," explains Zubieta, "thus making the pain and stress more tolerable." To study the mu-opioid neurotransmitter system, Zubieta and his colleagues use positron-emission tomography (PET) brain imaging, which allows them to observe the...Smoking affects same 'feel good' brain chemical system as heroin
...to 30 percent in regions of the brain important to emotions and craving," says David J. Scott, a graduate student in the U-M Neuroscience Program who will present the results. "This change in flow as seen on a brain scan correlated with changes in how the smokers themselves reported feeling before and after s...Grant to study why teens smoke
...k them personal questions about their environment, emotions and relationships. A second group of students will participate in family talk sessions to learn how parents and adolescents communicate about health behaviors. A third group will be evaluated in a controlled laboratory setting where research...Employees bring bad moods home, but they disappear by morning
...mployers as well, because research is showing that emotions experienced at work have repercussions for employee behavior on the job, such as helping other employees and customers. Fortunately, most surveys reveal that people are relatively pleased with their jobs, Judge said. In general, research has shown t...Anger, negative emotions may trigger stroke
ST. PAUL, Minn. Anger and other negative emotions may be triggers for ischemic stroke, according to ... more likely to have experienced anger or negative emotions in the two hours prior to the stroke than at the same time the day before the stroke. They were also...Sudden death from stress linked to wonky signals in the brain
...ling from the brain becomes uneven. It seems that emotions and stress may particularly activate the right hemisphere in the upper brain, but this is usually balanced out into a symmetrical signal produced lower down in the brainstem, possibly though a mechanism that works as a protective balancing relay. "S...Scents and emotions linked by learning, Brown study shows
...hers found that responses to new odors depended on emotions experienced while the new odor was present. If participants had a good time playing the game, they were more likely to report liking the odor they smelled. If they had an unpleasant experience, they were more likely to dislike the scent. "As humans, ...The mysteries of the emotions: The Good, Bad, and the Learned
...g techniques, are uncovering the ways in which our emotions are linked to the physical wiring and physiological functioning of the brain. What do the latest studies say about the brain's reaction to fear and its ability to get rid of unwanted emotional memories? How can our minds control our emotions, and w...New study finds link between self-mutilation and risky sexual behavior
...nt, or the inability to manage strong impulses and emotions may link self-cutting and sexual risk behaviors in addition, self-cutters may have high rates of other risk behaviors such as suicide attempts, personality disorders or substance abuse." The study focused on a group of adolescents in intensive psych...Acting techniques may help doctors empathize with their patients
...concept of 'emotional labor,' or the management of emotions to present a certain image in service workers. Now, researchers from the University of Washington Business School and Group Health Cooperative have teamed up to explore how the concept can be applied to the medical profession. "We propose that the em...Laughter helps blood vessels function better
...g laughter-provoking movies to gauge the effect of emotions on cardiovascular health, researchers at the University of Maryland School of Medicine in Baltimore have shown for the first time that laughter is linked to healthy function of blood vessels. Laughter appears to cause the tissue that forms the inner ...Neurobehavioral function during coma, stroke rehabilitation effective for elderly
...f sentence production using treated and nontreated emotions were completed during baseline and treatment phases. Sentences were scored for accuracy by a trained rater blind to time of testing and analyzed visually and statistically. Data confirmed modest to substantial effects for both treatments in all three......ing, will describe what we learn about these human emotions through imaging neural activity in the brain. In parallel, scenes from several Shakespeare plays will be acted by a group of young students of Shakespeare studies. The event, to be held at the Royal Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh, is part of the worl...