Parents who frequently exercise harsh discipline with young children are putting them at significantly greater risk of developing lasting mental health problems, new evidence shows. Avoiding a hostile emotional climate at home won't necessarily prevent poor mental health outcomes from occurring, but it will probably help Ioannis Katsantonis In a study of over 7,500 Irish children, researchers at the University of Cambridge and University College Dublin found that children exposed to -hostile- parenting at age three were 1.5 times likelier than their peers to have mental health symptoms which qualified as -high risk- by age nine.
Traces of ancient empires that stretched across Africa remain in the DNA of people living on the continent, reveals a new genetics study led by UCL researchers.
Moths are more efficient pollinators at night than day-flying pollinators such as bees, finds. Amid widespread concern about the decline of wild pollinating insects like bees and butterflies, University of Sussex researchers have discovered that moths are particularly vital pollinators for nature.
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Manchester experts to help robots better understand human emotions and improve dialogue with machines
UCL professors win European Research Council grants to explore cutting-edge research

University of Glasgow researchers share in ¤544m ERC Advanced Grant funding