Behavioral Health

Lyle Ungar of the School of Engineering and Applied Science says that people in countries ranked highest for happiness may not report high levels of laughing but feel more generally satisfied.

Lauren Massimo of the School of Nursing says that the surrounding environment is extremely important when talking to someone with Alzheimer’s.

Angela Duckworth of the School of Arts & Sciences says that potential amounts to little without adding a continuous and relentless focus on perseverance and passion.

A 2011 Penn report found that stimulants enhanced learning and working memory for some while offering no cognitive improvement and impairment in others.

Researchers at the Perelman School of Medicine and School of Nursing found that a drug similar to semaglutide had profound effects on cocaine-mediated behaviors in mice.

Anna Schapiro of the School of Arts & Sciences says that the dominant theory of how the brain consolidates memories during sleep had been assumed but hadn’t been tested before.

Kelly Allison of the Perelman School of Medicine says that many people with binge eating disorder eat in secret and grapple with guilt.

Leah Blain of the Steven A. Cohen Military Family Clinic at the Perelman School of Medicine notes that demand for mental health services for veterans and their families remains high, even as the pandemic wanes.

Katy Milkman of the Wharton School says that “temptation bundling,” pairing a workout with a much-loved activity, is amplified if the desired activity is only done while exercising.

Philip Gehrman of the Perelman School of Medicine says that trying harder to sleep and thinking about sleep actually make sleeping harder to achieve.