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Researchers from the Vanderbilt Bill Wilkerson Center and the Marcus Autism Center at Emory University School of Medicine are partnering to study musical rhythm synchronization as a part of social development and how it’s disrupted in children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in hopes of developing music interventions for improving social communication.

Channels: Autism, Behavioral Science, Children's Health, Neuro, Children's Health Featured Story TOP, National Institutes of Health (NIH),

Keywords: Autism, Music, Rhythm, Tracking, Communication, eye tracking

Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago was awarded $7 million by the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) to compare two approaches commonly used to treat pediatric anxiety disorders – cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) alone and CBT combined with antidepressant medication. Results from the study will help families make more informed decisions on the treatment of anxiety disorders in children and adolescents.

Channels: Behavioral Science, Children's Health, Mental Health, Psychology and Psychiatry,

Keywords: Anxiety, Children, Adolescents, PCORI, Treatment

New Cornell research explores how a racially diverse group of LGBTQ beauty vloggers navigates seemingly contradictory roles: masculine and feminine; authentic and heavily made up. The vloggers often provide unpaid content to YouTube, but have the potential to enrich themselves; they’re vulnerable to harassment, but they also promote the visibility of marginalized people.

Channels: All Journal News, Behavioral Science, LGBTQ Issues, Race and Ethnicity, Social Media,

Keywords: Youtube, Social Media Influencers, Vlogger, Patrick Starr, Beauty Vloggers

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (Nov. 20, 2019) — A runaway, inflammatory immune response may be responsible for triggering severe depression during and after pregnancy, according to a new study published in the journal Brain, Behavior and Immunity.

Channels: All Journal News, Behavioral Science, Mental Health, Neuro, OBGYN, Psychology and Psychiatry, Women's Health,

Keywords: Depression, Inflammation, Neurodegenative Disease

New research from Notre Dame offers the first large-sample study on how rules and ethics training affects behavior and employment decisions in the financial sector.

Channels: All Journal News, Behavioral Science, Business Ethics, In the Workplace,

Keywords: Ethics, Finance

How do we perceive our environment? What is the influence of sensory stimuli on the peripheral nervous system and what on the brain?

Channels: All Journal News, Behavioral Science, Technology, Neuro, Vision,

Three in four patients with anorexia nervosa -- including many with challenging illness -- make a partial recovery.

Channels: All Journal News, Behavioral Science, Mental Health, Obesity, Public Health,

Many parents permit their adolescent children to drink alcohol, believing this helps teach them responsible use and avoids the appeal of ‘forbidden fruit’.

Channels: Addiction, Alcohol and Alcoholism, All Journal News, Behavioral Science, Children's Health, Family and Parenting, Children's Health Featured Story TOP,

The holidays are supposed to be a time for celebration and togetherness, but they can be tough on older adults who run a high risk of being socially isolated. Social isolation can be easily overlooked as a health concern even though it can have the same negative impact on an older adult's health as smoking 15 cigarettes a day. Cedars-Sinai geriatricians Sonja Rosen, MD, and Allison Mays, MD, MAS, offer tips on combatting loneliness.

Channels: Behavioral Science, Public Health, Seniors,

Keywords: Loneliness and Aging , Loneliness and seniors , Social Isolation