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Study reveals how toilet aerosols reach the breathing zone when you flush

4 days ago news.flinders.edu.au health

Analysis of 300 popular TikTok and Instagram posts tagged “healthylifestyle, nutrition, cleaneating” found widespread restrictive food rules, moralised views of food, appearance-based definitions of health and unrealistic dietary ideals linked to orthorexia nervosa

4 days ago news.flinders.edu.au instagram tiktok

New research showed the more people used dating apps and online pornography heavily, the less they valued love

20 days ago news.flinders.edu.au psychology

New AI models still reproduce racial and gender stereotypes in medicine

34 days ago news.flinders.edu.au ai medicine

Study of 446 young adults 18-35Y found frequent viewing of eating videos was linked to greater body image concerns, stronger food cravings and more symptoms of disordered eating, with compulsive viewing associated with particularly high levels of these concerns

17 days ago news.flinders.edu.au video

Children's (aged 5 to 18Y) risk of poor mental health rises by 25% during heatwaves and by 1.5% in higher temperatures, with adverse mental health outcomes increasing by almost 1% for every 1°C rise in daily temperature

37 days ago news.flinders.edu.au health

Why Aussies are having fewer kids: Exhaustion, trauma and harsh realities of parenting are driving more families to think twice about having another child

2 months ago news.flinders.edu.au psychology

Harsh critics are the most loyal fans of video game brands

2 months ago news.flinders.edu.au game psychology video

Autistic Australians three times more likely to be homeless

3 months ago news.flinders.edu.au autism neuroscience

New global study finds human readiness for intergroup violence is driven by two distinct motivations: defensive extremism to protect a group from threats, and offensive extremism to expand group dominance and influence

5 months ago news.flinders.edu.au

Why conspiracy theories can be so irresistible: people who prefer structured, rule‑based explanations may find conspiracy theories appealing because they offer a clear…

6 months ago news.flinders.edu.au psychology

The emotional toll of losing a beloved pet during the COVID-19 pandemic has been revealed

8 months ago news.flinders.edu.au covid psychology

Younger generations turning away from alcohol at unprecedented rates, with Gen Z driving cultural shift

11 months ago news.flinders.edu.au health

Warmer nights are causing widespread reductions in sleep duration across the globe

10 months ago news.flinders.edu.au health

Forgetting is an active dopamine-involved process rather than a brain glitch

11 months ago news.flinders.edu.au biology brain

Study has tested the effectiveness of trigger warnings in real life scenarios, revealing that the vast majority of young adults choose to ignore them

11 months ago news.flinders.edu.au psychology

Why forgiving yourself is harder than it sounds

13 months ago news.flinders.edu.au psychology

Study finds that loot box buying is associated with real-world gambling, video gaming addiction, and other mental health issues

18 months ago news.flinders.edu.au psychology video

Couples facing rheumatoid arthritis together experience less distress and stronger relationships: dyadic coping fosters unity and helps them develop strategies…

22 months ago news.flinders.edu.au unity

Doomscrolling is associated with existential anxiety – worries about their existence, life and death – in both Iranian and American samples

2 years ago news.flinders.edu.au psychology

New research revealed that feeling a sense of belonging to a social group, such as one’s nationality, can have a significant impact on our food choices

2 years ago news.flinders.edu.au psychology

Study suggests that poor sleep may also be a detrimental side-effect of myopia in children (8-15Y)

2 years ago news.flinders.edu.au health

Increased numbers of preterm births, higher incidence of respiratory disease and death, and more children in hospitals are some of the stark health outcomes the world is facing from the impacts of extreme climate change

2 years ago news.flinders.edu.au disease environment

In a major review of how mammalian heads evolve, scientists found adaptations to feeding explain why large species of mammals often have much longer faces compared to smaller closely related species: smaller mammals need stronger bites and shorter faces can impart more bite force

2 years ago news.flinders.edu.au

New study (survey) on 230 females aged 17–25 found viewing sexualised Instagram posts by online influencers increases the negative mood and body dissatisfaction of young female adults who view them, and promotes negative effects among viewers beyond striving for thinness and attractiveness

2 years ago news.flinders.edu.au instagram

An online treatment program has the capacity to help adolescents with anorexia nervosa, focusing on shifting thinking styles that reduce barriers to effective treatment

3 years ago news.flinders.edu.au psychology

Flipping the model presents a new way to treat sleep apnoea

3 years ago news.flinders.edu.au

Study on 554 Australian workers aged 22 years, found significant workplace productivity losses (up to 40%) among young adults, primarily caused by insomnia and clinical sleep disorder

3 years ago news.flinders.edu.au australia health

Gaming addiction disorder: researchers have measured the effect of addiction-based and non-addiction-based conceptualisations of problem gaming on the stigma of gamers – and found the gaming addiction category generates negligible stigma toward gamers