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While not all impulsive behavior is indicative of mental illness, impulsivity has been associated to a variety of mental health conditions, including depression and substance misuse, which frequently manifest in adolescence. Therefore, it's crucial to develop a means to spot and treat those who could be particularly prone to impulsivity at a young age. Researchers at McGill University have developed a genetic score that could be used to identify young children who are most at risk of impulsive behavior with a high degree of accuracy (higher than any impulsivity assessments now in use). Their results are particularly intriguing because the score they established allowed them to identify children from three ethnically diverse community samples who were at a higher risk of impulsivity from a cohort of almost 6,000 kids. The identification of a new score for impulsivity in childhood can help with prevention plans and initiatives for kids and teenagers who are at risk for mental health ...

It's a phenomenon that most of us have undoubtedly all encountered. Someone turns to face you while you're in the midst of a bustling crowd of people. You pick it up right away. In actuality, processing and registering this eye contact takes no longer than a nanosecond. What transpires during eye contact psychologically speaking? This is what Anne Böckler-Raettig, a professor at the University of Würzburg's Department of Psychology III, is interested in (JMU). She has led the research team "More than meets the eye: Integration, influences, and impairments of direct gaze processing" since 2017 and has a particular interest in social cognition. Böckler-Raettig has now deciphered new data regarding how humans process gazes and facial expressions along with her colleagues and experts from the USA and Canada. The Journal of Experimental Psychology is where she publishes the findings of her research. Dr. Christina Breil, the study's first author, says, "We were...