Hope, fear and anger were each linked to more political activity among Black women in 2 large US surveys, and which emotion mattered depended on what the women were feeling about.1 No single “angry” pattern described how they got involved. Research Highlights 3 emotions, 3 different patterns: in surveys of 2,141 (2016) and 2,228 (2020) …
College students who saw their AI learning tools as highly adaptive reported less enjoyment, more anxiety and more boredom during the semester, and weaker study self-management by its end, in a 2026 survey of 486 undergraduates in China.1 Research Highlights Less self-directed studying: a more adaptive-feeling AI environment at the start of the semester was …
College students who saw the rules on AI use as unclear, AI cheating as easy to get away with, and school guidance as thin reported more AI-assisted cheating, according to a 2026 survey of 863 undergraduates in Vietnam.1 Academic pressure, the usual suspect, did not show the expected link. Research Highlights Unclear rules went with …
People on hemodialysis in Japan who received a small card summing up their own life story described it as a keepsake, a way to be heard and a source of courage to keep going, according to a 2026 interview study of 21 patients.1 Research Highlights A one-page life story: researchers with dialysis nursing experience interviewed …
Among Swedish memory-clinic patients without dementia, more stressful life events were linked to a spinal-fluid sign of Alzheimer’s amyloid buildup, but only in people with moderate-to-high insomnia symptoms, according to a 2026 study.1 Research Highlights Stress and insomnia worked together: in 103 patients with spinal-fluid tests, lifetime stressful events and insomnia symptoms interacted in relation …
PTSD symptom scores fell by about half among 94 US servicemembers who completed a 4-week program of EEG-guided magnetic brain stimulation, according to a 2026 chart review. The program had no control group, so the study cannot show how much of that drop came from the treatment itself.1 Research Highlights PTSD scores dropped 48%: average …
About 9 in 10 children referred for ADHD or autism had elevated symptoms in at least 2 of 4 areas — ADHD, autism, defiance and learning problems — and the same overlap showed up in ordinary community children at lower rates, according to a 2026 Pennsylvania study based on mothers’ ratings.1 Research Highlights Overlap was …