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Early stress may sensitize girls’ brains for later anxiety
Nov 12, 2012 17:22
High levels of family stress in infancy are linked to differences in everyday brain function and anxiety in teenage girls,...
Higher anxiety associated with poorer functioning in children with 22q11.2 deletion syndrome
Nov 5, 2012 18:12
UC Davis researchers have found that for children with the genetic disorder known as chromosome 22q11.2 deletion syndrome...
Trickle-down anxiety: Parental behaviors can create anxious children
Nov 2, 2012 17:46
Parents with social anxiety disorder are more likely than parents with other forms of anxiety to engage in behaviors that...
Fear of math can hurt
Nov 1, 2012 17:57
Fear of math can activate regions of the brain linked with the experience of physical pain and visceral threat detection,...
Math anxiety causes trouble for students as early as first grade
Sep 12, 2012 17:58
Many high-achieving students experience math anxiety at a young age — a problem that can follow them throughout their lives,...
Neuroeconomics to study decision-making in anxious individuals
Jul 23, 2012 16:48
Anxiety disorders affect approximately 40 million American adults each year, and although they are treatable, they often...
Anxiety disorders in poor mothers likely the result of poverty, not mental illness
Jul 20, 2012 17:21
Poor mothers are more likely to be classified as having the mental illness known as generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) because...
Anxiety linked to shortened telomeres, accelerated aging
Jul 12, 2012 18:11
Is anxiety related to premature aging? A new study by researchers at Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH) shows that...
Girls’ mathematics performance more likely to suffer than boys’ as a result of mathematics anxiety
Jul 9, 2012 0:34
If a train is travelling a distance of 55 miles at 150mph, how long will it take to reach its destination? If the thought...
When anxiety won’t go away
Jul 6, 2012 16:13
Feelings of anxiety very effectively prevent people from getting into situations that are too dangerous. Those who have had...
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