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Psychology & Psychiatry

Babies attend to clues of meaning as they take in complex visual world

Findings from a study have shown for the first time that when babies look at photos of unfamiliar everyday scenes, such as an office or a lab, they tend to fixate on the same regions where adults find meaning. This inclination ...

Overweight & Obesity

Study shows obesity in childhood associated with more than double the risk of developing multiple sclerosis

New research to be presented at this year's European Congress on Obesity held in Venice, Italy (12–15 May), shows that having obesity in childhood is associated with more than double the risk of later developing multiple ...

Psychology & Psychiatry

Almost one child in six is cyberbullied: WHO Europe

Some 16 percent of children aged 11 to 15 were cyberbullied in 2022, up from 13 percent four years ago, a WHO Europe report covering 44 countries said on Wednesday.