Purpose: Much concern has been expressed that feedback of personalized genetic risk information may lead to fatalism, i.e., a lack of perceived control over the risk. This review aimed to assess the ...

We are routinely exposed to vast information, some of which can be pretty distressing. For instance, most of us don’t particularly enjoy learning about a looming economic recession or hearing reports ...

IreLee Ferguson, B.S., contributed to this article. IreLee is a research assistant in the Cognition and Affect Research and Education (CARE) Lab at McLean Hospital. Meeting a new person for the first ...

The evolution of the so-called dread risk response has been explained by new research. People often respond to ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract As software piracy continues to be a threat to the growth of national and global economies, understanding why people continue to use pirated ...

(HealthCentersOnline) - People who believe they have control over their asthma are likely to report better asthma-related health status, according to a new study. Asthma is a chronic inflammation of ...