Mount Sinai researchers have identified for the first time the neural mechanisms in the brain that regulate both positive and negative impressions of a social encounter, as well as how an imbalance ...

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The findings, published in the journal Behavior Research Methods, reveal that negative distractions--such as distressing images--are particularly detrimental to maintaining focus. The lead researcher ...

Researchers tested this by having participants perform a 10-minute visual attention task while emotionally charged images appeared in the background. Negative images, such as a crying baby, disrupted ...

Comments like "I feel fat today" are common part of what;s known as "appearance talk." While these comments may seem harmless, studies show their troubling effects run deep.

The world is full of distractions, like intrusive memories, worries about the future and reminders of things to do.

AMHERST, New Hampshire (WMUR) — Police on Wednesday revealed how the investigation into an Amherst landlord began. Charles McGuire, 70, is accused of hiding a camera inside a smoke detector to ...

A 2022 review notes that image-based social media platforms have a stronger association with a negative body image than text-based platforms, as do several behaviors relating to social media use ...

Advanced image processing and manipulation in JavaScript. image-js is a full-featured library that can deal with simple image processing (color leveling, grey image, mask, resize, rotation, etc.) as ...