Can you predict what someone's personality will be like based on their infant behavior? A new study funded by the National Institutes of Health suggests that at least in some ways, you can. The study isn't the first to look at possible links between babies and their older selves, said study author Dr. Daniel Pine, but it is unique. “This is because our study assessed temperament very early in life, linking it with outcomes occurring more than 20 years later through individual

It will probably not come as a surprise to you that life during a pandemic can be challenging for one's mental health. Even the CDC website warns, in an act of sweeping understatement, that "The outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) may be stressful for people." The website goes on to list a variety of now all-too-familiar stressors during an outbreak, including fear for one's loved ones, difficulty concentrating, and worsening of already chronic problems. Of course

If you took French or Spanish in high school, now's the time to brush up on those verb tenses. A study at UCLA has found that people who are proficient in two or more languages can stall the onset of Alzheimer's disease symptoms for about four years, compared with those who only speak one language. The study concerned 253 patients from the general area of LA county. The most common native languages were Spanish and Farsi, along with 13 others. If you're wondering how bilingua

By now, all our lives have been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. Events have been canceled. Movie theaters and restaurants stand empty. In an effort to slow the spread enough to keep hospitals from overflowing, many of us have heeded the pleas of nurses and/or the orders of governors to stay at home. However, not everyone is listening. Notoriously, some college students continued on with their spring break plans, or even hosted "coronavirus parties," further spreading the s