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A new Edith Cowan University (ECU) study has found that for people living with chronic pain, it’s not necessarily how intense their pain is, but the extent to which it interferes with their daily life that can pose the biggest threat to their mental health. ECU researchers Tara Swindells and Professor Joanne Dickson surveyed more …
Researchers from Simon Fraser University’s Circle Innovation examined the potential effects of lifestyle activities on the cognitive health of more than 3,500 adults aged 60+, and found that personality-using psychology’s orchid-dandelion metaphor — can be a factor in how well supportive programs work. Their results, published this month in the journal Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience, …
Physical activity does the brain good. For example, it fosters its ability to change and adapt. The dual beneficial effect of physical activity in depression is confirmed by a study at the University Clinic for Psychiatry and Psychotherapy at Ruhr-Universität Bochum (RUB) at the Ostwestfalen-Lippe campus: physical activity not only reduces depressive symptoms. It also …