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Negative emotions, anxiety and depression are thought to promote the onset of neurodegenerative diseases and dementia.

Results indicate better management of negative emotions, via meditation for example, may help curb neurodegeneration.

Switzerland: A recent study has revealed that listening to positive sounds during REM (rapid eye movement) sleep can modulate emotions in dreams and reduce the frequency of nightmares. The treatment...

Science education is attracting increasing attention and many researchers focus on the issue about the attitude-achievement relationship in science, but there is still no consistent conclusion. By using a three-level meta-analytic approach, the aim of the current study was to investigate the relationship between attitude towards science and academic achievement in learning science among primary and secondary school students, and to explore if some study characteristics could have contributed to ...

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A baby born prematurely often has to be separated from its parents and placed in an incubator in intensive care.

An UNIGE team shows that the maternal voice reduces signs of pain in premature babies when they undergo life-saving medical interventions.

As soon as they are born before 37 weeks of gestation, premature babies are separated from their parents and placed in an incubator, often in intensive care. They have to undergo daily medical interventions, necessary to keep them alive (intubation,

A baby born prematurely often has to be separated from its parents and placed in an incubator in intensive care. For several weeks, he or she will...

A baby born prematurely often has to be separated from its parents and placed in an incubator in intensive care. For several weeks, he or she will u....