CHAMPAIGN, Illinois, Aug. 18 -- The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign campus issued the following news: * * * Emotion-regulation training reduces distress, changes the brain, team reports * CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -A five-week training intervention taught college students to better regulate their emotions in response to negative events, a new study finds. After the training, the students reported less emotional distress when viewing negative images or thinking about difficult events from their own lives, and brain scans revealed corresponding more PR

TALLAHASSEE, Florida, Aug. 18 -- Florida State University issued the following news: * * * Florida State University expert explores potential GLP-1 link to binge-eating improvements * As GLP-1 drugs become increasingly common for weight loss, researchers are beginning to examine what these medications may reveal about eating behavior beyond the scale, including why some people experience persistent urges to binge. Florida State University's Pamela Keel, the Robert O. Lawton Distinguished Professor of Psychology, has developed emerging rese more PR

TORONTO, Ontario, Aug. 17 -- The University of Toronto posted the following news: * * * U of T study explains why extra time doesn't always go as far as we think * You'd think gaining extra time should make it easier to stay on schedule. Yet many people experience the opposite: a meeting ends 15 minutes early, yet they're still late for the next one - or a flight is delayed by an hour, but they still nearly miss it. Research led by the University of Toronto's Sam Maglio suggests these experiences may stem from a common psychological tende more PR

LOS ANGELES, California, Aug. 19 (TNSjou) -- The UCLA Health issued the following news release: * * * Teen girls facing the most adversity showed the biggest gains in social connection after SKY Breathing, study finds School program combining social-emotional learning with breathwork increased social connectedness among girls carrying the heaviest trauma histories Key takeaways * UCLA researchers randomly assigned two Southern California high schools (174 teenage girls in all) to receive the SKY Schools program, one during the study period more PR

LEXINGTON, Kentucky, Aug. 18 -- The University of Kentucky issued the following news: * * * UK graduate researcher leads landmark methamphetamine treatment systematic review * Publishing a paper in a top-tier journal is a major accomplishment for faculty members. For first-year graduate students, it's almost unheard of. Alexandra N. Johansen, a psychology Ph.D. student in the University of Kentucky College of Arts and Sciences, has done exactly that, serving as the lead author of a comprehensive systematic review recently published in Phar more PR