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Identified: The Families with the most Sibling bullying
Sibling bullying does have an effect on mental health later in life for both the victims and the bullies, it needs to be taken more seriously by parents and healthcare professionals. There are families where sibling bullying is more likely and can be prevented – says researchers in the Department of Psychology at the University of Warwick.
Train the brain to form good habits through repetition
You can hack your brain to form good habits – like going to the gym and eating healthily – simply by repeating actions until they stick, according to new psychological research involving the University of Warwick.
VR more engaging than video and textbooks when it comes to the classroom
Virtual reality (VR) is the most engaging and emotionally positive learning method in comparison to textbook learning and video. VR shows great potential to supplement or replace traditional learning methods and create new experiences according to researchers at the University of Warwick.
Mass proliferation of information evolving beyond our control, says new psychology research
Vastly increased choice might seem a good thing, but not when it comes to our choice of information according to new psychology research from the University of Warwick.
Preterm Children’s lives are to be improved by new standards of child care advised by Warwick Academic.
European Standards of Care for New-born Health are being launched at the European Parliament in Brussels on the 28th November. The University of Warwick’s Department of Psychology’s Professor Dieter Wolke will be there as he chaired the set of standards for pre-term babies when they’ve been discharged from Hospital – he stresses they are key to reducing morbidity rates and quality of life for families.
Neural link between depression and bad sleep identified
The neural link between depression and sleep problems has been identified for the first time in a new study by researchers at the University of Warwick (UK) and Fudan University (China).