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DATE: September 22, 2026 at 02:30PM
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-------------------------------------------------TITLE: Brain scans reveal how artificial sweeteners affect our reward circuits differently than sugar
An experimental study compared changes in brain activity after ingestion of water and different types of flavored waters. Results showed that cerebral blood flow in the hypothalamus (a brain region that controls homeostatic processes like hunger and thirst) was not differentially affected by any of the drinks. However, the ventral tegmental area (a midbrain region involved in reward and motivation) showed lower changes in cerebral blood flow after sucrose than after water, sucralose, or monk fruit drink ingestion. The paper was published in The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.
As obesity rates have risen worldwide, reducing excessive energy intake has become an important goal for both individuals and public health. One widely used strategy is to replace sugar with low- or no-calorie sweeteners, particularly in beverages, where added sugars can contribute substantially to daily calorie intake. Although concerns are often raised that exposure to sweetness might increase cravings for sweet foods, current evidence does not consistently support this idea.
At the same time, low- and no-calorie sweeteners should not necessarily be viewed as a single, uniform group. Different sweeteners can vary in taste, metabolic effects, effects on the gut microbiome, and the physiological responses they produce after consumption. Sugars themselves also differ in how they are processed by the body and in their effects on blood glucose and other metabolic processes.
Because the brain plays a central role in hunger, satiety, reward, and energy regulation, researchers are increasingly interested in how different sweeteners influence brain activity after consumption. Brain-imaging research suggests that caloric sugars and non-caloric sweeteners may sometimes produce different responses in regions involved in appetite regulation, including the hypothalamus, although findings remain inconsistent.
Study author Paul AM Smeets, an associate professor at the Division of Human Nutrition and Health at Wageningen University Research, and his colleagues conducted a study in which they examined changes in brain activity and physiological markers after the ingestion of flavored waters sweetened with the sugar sucrose or various low-no-calorie sweeteners.
“I have done previous work on low-/no-calorie sweeteners (LNCS), also with the use of brain imaging (fMRI),” Smeets explained. “There has been quite some negative press about potential adverse effects of sweet compounds on metabolism and energy intake. The evidence in favor of no adverse effects such as subsequent increased food intake is substantial. That said, there is research emerging that shows differential effects of different LNCS because they are metabolized differently by the body. Therefore, when I was approached by an ingredient company to do a study on a range of LNCS I was eager to pursue such a study.”
The researchers hypothesized that sugar sucrose would elicit decreased cerebral blood flow (indicating decreased neural activity) in brain areas related to food intake regulation and reward 30 minutes after ingestion. They expected that low- or no-calorie sweeteners and water would not produce such effects due to their low or absent energy content.
Study participants were 30 healthy individuals. Fifteen of them were men. Their average age was 23 years. They completed six treatment sessions between February 2023 and March 2024.
The treatment consisted of ingestion of 500 milliliters of either water or one of five equally sweet, lemon-lime flavored waters sweetened with sucrose (25 grams, 97 kcal) or sucralose, stevia extract, monk fruit extract, or allulose + stevia extract.
Sucralose is a high-intensity artificial sweetener made from modified sucrose that provides sweetness with virtually no calories. Stevia extract is a plant-derived sweetener obtained from Stevia rebaudiana and contains sweet compounds called steviol glycosides. Monk fruit extract is a natural high-intensity sweetener derived from Siraitia grosvenorii fruit. Allulose is a rare low-calorie sugar with properties similar to ordinary sugar. Stevia is mixed with allulose to increase sweetness while keeping calorie content low. These sweeteners add little or no calories to a drink.
At the start of the treatment procedure, participants completed magnetic resonance imaging scans of their brains and of their stomachs. They also answered questions about appetite and well-being verbally. After this, they drank the drink assigned to them on the occasion. This was followed by two more scans of their brains and of their stomachs at different times up to 45 minutes after drinking.
Participants gave blood samples at the start and five more times up to an hour after drinking their assigned beverage (except on the day they received water). After the first sip, participants rated the tastiness and sweetness of the drink they consumed. All participants consumed their drinks within five minutes. Sixty minutes after drinking, after all the procedures were completed, participants were offered a takeaway breakfast.
“It was a huge study, with approximately 180 intense test sessions that combined brain imaging, blood sampling and stomach imaging,” Smeets noted. “I’m really proud of the research team that did the data collection.”
Results showed that all sweet drinks were liked equally, except monk fruit, which was liked modestly less than the sucrose-sweetened drink. All sweetened drinks except the one with monk fruit were liked more than water. All sweetened drinks were perceived as sweeter than water. The monk fruit-sweetened drink and the drink sweetened with allulose+stevia were rated modestly less sweet than the sucrose-sweetened drink.
Cerebral blood flow in the hypothalamus was similarly affected by all sweet drinks. Cerebral blood flow is an indirect indicator of activity in a particular region of the brain, with higher cerebral blood flow generally suggesting higher neural activity.
In the ventral tegmental area, the change in the cerebral blood flow was lower after sucrose than after water, sucralose, and monk fruit drink 30 minutes after ingestion. This suggests that neural activity in that region of the brain was lower after ingesting the sucrose-sweetened drink than after water, and drinks sweetened with sucralose and monk fruit extract.
Exploratory analyses showed increased cerebral blood flow (and thus increased neural activity) after consumption of the allulose+stevia-sweetened drink in the amygdala region of the brain and after the stevia-sweetened drink in the putamen region of the brain compared to the sucrose-sweetened drink. Despite its low energy content, the allulose+stevia-sweetened drink delayed gastric emptying (the speed at which food leaves the stomach) similar to the sucrose-sweetened drink, whereas only the sucrose-sweetened drink increased glucose and insulin concentrations.
This particular finding stood out to the research team. The fact that the “LNCS allulose slowed down stomach emptying of the drink similar to table sugar despite its low energy content” was a surprising result, Smeets said. Looking ahead, he added, “I would like to further explore allulose, e.g. by measuring its effect on gut hormones that affect gastric emptying and appetite, like GLP-1.”
“Although flavored waters with LNCS mostly elicit similar neural and gastrointestinal responses as water, they have some distinct effects on the brain compared with 25 g of sucrose, particularly in reward-related brain areas,” the study authors wrote.
Smeets emphasized that the overarching takeaway for consumers is quite straightforward: “Sweet drinks (flavored waters) with LNCS mostly elicit similar neural and gastrointestinal responses as water, i.e., they are largely equivalent to water except for their sweet taste.”
The study contributes to the scientific knowledge about brain reactions to sweetened beverages. However, it should be noted that the study was conducted on a very small group of participants, which may have made some differences in brain reactions undetectable using usual statistical procedures. Smeets also pointed out that the research involved a “young healthy adults (specifically selected),” cautioning that “responses in individuals with overweight/obesity or type 2 diabetes might be different.”
The paper, “Brain and physiological responses to flavored waters with different sweeteners: a randomized crossover study in healthy young adults,” was authored by Paul AM Smeets, Ralf Veit, Els Oosterink, Saskia Meijboom, Davide Risso, Hubert Preissl, and Stephanie Kullmann.
(Note: This article was updated post-publication with comments from Smeets.)
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DATE: September 22, 2026 at 02:30PM
SOURCE: PSYPOST.ORG** Research quality varies widely from fantastic to small exploratory studies. Please check research methods when conclusions are very important to you. **
-------------------------------------------------TITLE: Brain scans reveal how artificial sweeteners affect our reward circuits differently than sugar
An experimental study compared changes in brain activity after ingestion of water and different types of flavored waters. Results showed that cerebral blood flow in the hypothalamus (a brain region that controls homeostatic processes like hunger and thirst) was not differentially affected by any of the drinks. However, the ventral tegmental area (a midbrain region involved in reward and motivation) showed lower changes in cerebral blood flow after sucrose than after water, sucralose, or monk fruit drink ingestion. The paper was published in The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.
As obesity rates have risen worldwide, reducing excessive energy intake has become an important goal for both individuals and public health. One widely used strategy is to replace sugar with low- or no-calorie sweeteners, particularly in beverages, where added sugars can contribute substantially to daily calorie intake. Although concerns are often raised that exposure to sweetness might increase cravings for sweet foods, current evidence does not consistently support this idea.
At the same time, low- and no-calorie sweeteners should not necessarily be viewed as a single, uniform group. Different sweeteners can vary in taste, metabolic effects, effects on the gut microbiome, and the physiological responses they produce after consumption. Sugars themselves also differ in how they are processed by the body and in their effects on blood glucose and other metabolic processes.
Because the brain plays a central role in hunger, satiety, reward, and energy regulation, researchers are increasingly interested in how different sweeteners influence brain activity after consumption. Brain-imaging research suggests that caloric sugars and non-caloric sweeteners may sometimes produce different responses in regions involved in appetite regulation, including the hypothalamus, although findings remain inconsistent.
Study author Paul AM Smeets, an associate professor at the Division of Human Nutrition and Health at Wageningen University Research, and his colleagues conducted a study in which they examined changes in brain activity and physiological markers after the ingestion of flavored waters sweetened with the sugar sucrose or various low-no-calorie sweeteners.
“I have done previous work on low-/no-calorie sweeteners (LNCS), also with the use of brain imaging (fMRI),” Smeets explained. “There has been quite some negative press about potential adverse effects of sweet compounds on metabolism and energy intake. The evidence in favor of no adverse effects such as subsequent increased food intake is substantial. That said, there is research emerging that shows differential effects of different LNCS because they are metabolized differently by the body. Therefore, when I was approached by an ingredient company to do a study on a range of LNCS I was eager to pursue such a study.”
The researchers hypothesized that sugar sucrose would elicit decreased cerebral blood flow (indicating decreased neural activity) in brain areas related to food intake regulation and reward 30 minutes after ingestion. They expected that low- or no-calorie sweeteners and water would not produce such effects due to their low or absent energy content.
Study participants were 30 healthy individuals. Fifteen of them were men. Their average age was 23 years. They completed six treatment sessions between February 2023 and March 2024.
The treatment consisted of ingestion of 500 milliliters of either water or one of five equally sweet, lemon-lime flavored waters sweetened with sucrose (25 grams, 97 kcal) or sucralose, stevia extract, monk fruit extract, or allulose + stevia extract.
Sucralose is a high-intensity artificial sweetener made from modified sucrose that provides sweetness with virtually no calories. Stevia extract is a plant-derived sweetener obtained from Stevia rebaudiana and contains sweet compounds called steviol glycosides. Monk fruit extract is a natural high-intensity sweetener derived from Siraitia grosvenorii fruit. Allulose is a rare low-calorie sugar with properties similar to ordinary sugar. Stevia is mixed with allulose to increase sweetness while keeping calorie content low. These sweeteners add little or no calories to a drink.
At the start of the treatment procedure, participants completed magnetic resonance imaging scans of their brains and of their stomachs. They also answered questions about appetite and well-being verbally. After this, they drank the drink assigned to them on the occasion. This was followed by two more scans of their brains and of their stomachs at different times up to 45 minutes after drinking.
Participants gave blood samples at the start and five more times up to an hour after drinking their assigned beverage (except on the day they received water). After the first sip, participants rated the tastiness and sweetness of the drink they consumed. All participants consumed their drinks within five minutes. Sixty minutes after drinking, after all the procedures were completed, participants were offered a takeaway breakfast.
“It was a huge study, with approximately 180 intense test sessions that combined brain imaging, blood sampling and stomach imaging,” Smeets noted. “I’m really proud of the research team that did the data collection.”
Results showed that all sweet drinks were liked equally, except monk fruit, which was liked modestly less than the sucrose-sweetened drink. All sweetened drinks except the one with monk fruit were liked more than water. All sweetened drinks were perceived as sweeter than water. The monk fruit-sweetened drink and the drink sweetened with allulose+stevia were rated modestly less sweet than the sucrose-sweetened drink.
Cerebral blood flow in the hypothalamus was similarly affected by all sweet drinks. Cerebral blood flow is an indirect indicator of activity in a particular region of the brain, with higher cerebral blood flow generally suggesting higher neural activity.
In the ventral tegmental area, the change in the cerebral blood flow was lower after sucrose than after water, sucralose, and monk fruit drink 30 minutes after ingestion. This suggests that neural activity in that region of the brain was lower after ingesting the sucrose-sweetened drink than after water, and drinks sweetened with sucralose and monk fruit extract.
Exploratory analyses showed increased cerebral blood flow (and thus increased neural activity) after consumption of the allulose+stevia-sweetened drink in the amygdala region of the brain and after the stevia-sweetened drink in the putamen region of the brain compared to the sucrose-sweetened drink. Despite its low energy content, the allulose+stevia-sweetened drink delayed gastric emptying (the speed at which food leaves the stomach) similar to the sucrose-sweetened drink, whereas only the sucrose-sweetened drink increased glucose and insulin concentrations.
This particular finding stood out to the research team. The fact that the “LNCS allulose slowed down stomach emptying of the drink similar to table sugar despite its low energy content” was a surprising result, Smeets said. Looking ahead, he added, “I would like to further explore allulose, e.g. by measuring its effect on gut hormones that affect gastric emptying and appetite, like GLP-1.”
“Although flavored waters with LNCS mostly elicit similar neural and gastrointestinal responses as water, they have some distinct effects on the brain compared with 25 g of sucrose, particularly in reward-related brain areas,” the study authors wrote.
Smeets emphasized that the overarching takeaway for consumers is quite straightforward: “Sweet drinks (flavored waters) with LNCS mostly elicit similar neural and gastrointestinal responses as water, i.e., they are largely equivalent to water except for their sweet taste.”
The study contributes to the scientific knowledge about brain reactions to sweetened beverages. However, it should be noted that the study was conducted on a very small group of participants, which may have made some differences in brain reactions undetectable using usual statistical procedures. Smeets also pointed out that the research involved a “young healthy adults (specifically selected),” cautioning that “responses in individuals with overweight/obesity or type 2 diabetes might be different.”
The paper, “Brain and physiological responses to flavored waters with different sweeteners: a randomized crossover study in healthy young adults,” was authored by Paul AM Smeets, Ralf Veit, Els Oosterink, Saskia Meijboom, Davide Risso, Hubert Preissl, and Stephanie Kullmann.
(Note: This article was updated post-publication with comments from Smeets.)
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DATE: September 22, 2026 at 02:30PM
SOURCE: PSYPOST.ORG** Research quality varies widely from fantastic to small exploratory studies. Please check research methods when conclusions are very important to you. **
-------------------------------------------------TITLE: Brain scans reveal how artificial sweeteners affect our reward circuits differently than sugar
An experimental study compared changes in brain activity after ingestion of water and different types of flavored waters. Results showed that cerebral blood flow in the hypothalamus (a brain region that controls homeostatic processes like hunger and thirst) was not differentially affected by any of the drinks. However, the ventral tegmental area (a midbrain region involved in reward and motivation) showed lower changes in cerebral blood flow after sucrose than after water, sucralose, or monk fruit drink ingestion. The paper was published in The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.
As obesity rates have risen worldwide, reducing excessive energy intake has become an important goal for both individuals and public health. One widely used strategy is to replace sugar with low- or no-calorie sweeteners, particularly in beverages, where added sugars can contribute substantially to daily calorie intake. Although concerns are often raised that exposure to sweetness might increase cravings for sweet foods, current evidence does not consistently support this idea.
At the same time, low- and no-calorie sweeteners should not necessarily be viewed as a single, uniform group. Different sweeteners can vary in taste, metabolic effects, effects on the gut microbiome, and the physiological responses they produce after consumption. Sugars themselves also differ in how they are processed by the body and in their effects on blood glucose and other metabolic processes.
Because the brain plays a central role in hunger, satiety, reward, and energy regulation, researchers are increasingly interested in how different sweeteners influence brain activity after consumption. Brain-imaging research suggests that caloric sugars and non-caloric sweeteners may sometimes produce different responses in regions involved in appetite regulation, including the hypothalamus, although findings remain inconsistent.
Study author Paul AM Smeets, an associate professor at the Division of Human Nutrition and Health at Wageningen University Research, and his colleagues conducted a study in which they examined changes in brain activity and physiological markers after the ingestion of flavored waters sweetened with the sugar sucrose or various low-no-calorie sweeteners.
“I have done previous work on low-/no-calorie sweeteners (LNCS), also with the use of brain imaging (fMRI),” Smeets explained. “There has been quite some negative press about potential adverse effects of sweet compounds on metabolism and energy intake. The evidence in favor of no adverse effects such as subsequent increased food intake is substantial. That said, there is research emerging that shows differential effects of different LNCS because they are metabolized differently by the body. Therefore, when I was approached by an ingredient company to do a study on a range of LNCS I was eager to pursue such a study.”
The researchers hypothesized that sugar sucrose would elicit decreased cerebral blood flow (indicating decreased neural activity) in brain areas related to food intake regulation and reward 30 minutes after ingestion. They expected that low- or no-calorie sweeteners and water would not produce such effects due to their low or absent energy content.
Study participants were 30 healthy individuals. Fifteen of them were men. Their average age was 23 years. They completed six treatment sessions between February 2023 and March 2024.
The treatment consisted of ingestion of 500 milliliters of either water or one of five equally sweet, lemon-lime flavored waters sweetened with sucrose (25 grams, 97 kcal) or sucralose, stevia extract, monk fruit extract, or allulose + stevia extract.
Sucralose is a high-intensity artificial sweetener made from modified sucrose that provides sweetness with virtually no calories. Stevia extract is a plant-derived sweetener obtained from Stevia rebaudiana and contains sweet compounds called steviol glycosides. Monk fruit extract is a natural high-intensity sweetener derived from Siraitia grosvenorii fruit. Allulose is a rare low-calorie sugar with properties similar to ordinary sugar. Stevia is mixed with allulose to increase sweetness while keeping calorie content low. These sweeteners add little or no calories to a drink.
At the start of the treatment procedure, participants completed magnetic resonance imaging scans of their brains and of their stomachs. They also answered questions about appetite and well-being verbally. After this, they drank the drink assigned to them on the occasion. This was followed by two more scans of their brains and of their stomachs at different times up to 45 minutes after drinking.
Participants gave blood samples at the start and five more times up to an hour after drinking their assigned beverage (except on the day they received water). After the first sip, participants rated the tastiness and sweetness of the drink they consumed. All participants consumed their drinks within five minutes. Sixty minutes after drinking, after all the procedures were completed, participants were offered a takeaway breakfast.
“It was a huge study, with approximately 180 intense test sessions that combined brain imaging, blood sampling and stomach imaging,” Smeets noted. “I’m really proud of the research team that did the data collection.”
Results showed that all sweet drinks were liked equally, except monk fruit, which was liked modestly less than the sucrose-sweetened drink. All sweetened drinks except the one with monk fruit were liked more than water. All sweetened drinks were perceived as sweeter than water. The monk fruit-sweetened drink and the drink sweetened with allulose+stevia were rated modestly less sweet than the sucrose-sweetened drink.
Cerebral blood flow in the hypothalamus was similarly affected by all sweet drinks. Cerebral blood flow is an indirect indicator of activity in a particular region of the brain, with higher cerebral blood flow generally suggesting higher neural activity.
In the ventral tegmental area, the change in the cerebral blood flow was lower after sucrose than after water, sucralose, and monk fruit drink 30 minutes after ingestion. This suggests that neural activity in that region of the brain was lower after ingesting the sucrose-sweetened drink than after water, and drinks sweetened with sucralose and monk fruit extract.
Exploratory analyses showed increased cerebral blood flow (and thus increased neural activity) after consumption of the allulose+stevia-sweetened drink in the amygdala region of the brain and after the stevia-sweetened drink in the putamen region of the brain compared to the sucrose-sweetened drink. Despite its low energy content, the allulose+stevia-sweetened drink delayed gastric emptying (the speed at which food leaves the stomach) similar to the sucrose-sweetened drink, whereas only the sucrose-sweetened drink increased glucose and insulin concentrations.
This particular finding stood out to the research team. The fact that the “LNCS allulose slowed down stomach emptying of the drink similar to table sugar despite its low energy content” was a surprising result, Smeets said. Looking ahead, he added, “I would like to further explore allulose, e.g. by measuring its effect on gut hormones that affect gastric emptying and appetite, like GLP-1.”
“Although flavored waters with LNCS mostly elicit similar neural and gastrointestinal responses as water, they have some distinct effects on the brain compared with 25 g of sucrose, particularly in reward-related brain areas,” the study authors wrote.
Smeets emphasized that the overarching takeaway for consumers is quite straightforward: “Sweet drinks (flavored waters) with LNCS mostly elicit similar neural and gastrointestinal responses as water, i.e., they are largely equivalent to water except for their sweet taste.”
The study contributes to the scientific knowledge about brain reactions to sweetened beverages. However, it should be noted that the study was conducted on a very small group of participants, which may have made some differences in brain reactions undetectable using usual statistical procedures. Smeets also pointed out that the research involved a “young healthy adults (specifically selected),” cautioning that “responses in individuals with overweight/obesity or type 2 diabetes might be different.”
The paper, “Brain and physiological responses to flavored waters with different sweeteners: a randomized crossover study in healthy young adults,” was authored by Paul AM Smeets, Ralf Veit, Els Oosterink, Saskia Meijboom, Davide Risso, Hubert Preissl, and Stephanie Kullmann.
(Note: This article was updated post-publication with comments from Smeets.)
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DATE: September 22, 2026 at 10:00AM
SOURCE: PSYPOST.ORG** Research quality varies widely from fantastic to small exploratory studies. Please check research methods when conclusions are very important to you. **
-------------------------------------------------TITLE: Psychologists pinpoint the dividing line between problematic romance and severe love addiction
New research published in Sexual Health & Compulsivity indicates that people with clinical levels of love addiction experience more severe relationship anxiety than those who are simply at risk. The study also found that both at-risk individuals and clinical patients share similar difficulties in regulating their emotions, suggesting that love addiction exists on a spectrum where intense attachment anxiety marks the transition into a clinical problem.
Love addiction is a pattern of obsessive and dependent involvement in a romantic relationship. For someone experiencing this condition, a romantic relationship becomes the absolute center of their life. They tend to constantly seek approval, reassurance, and closeness from their partner, often at the expense of friendships, work, and personal interests.
This intense focus persists even when it causes immense emotional distress or negative consequences in other areas of life. Historically, researchers have debated how to classify this condition, with some viewing it as a behavioral addiction similar to gambling, and others understanding it as an attachment issue rooted in an excessive fear of abandonment.
Because love addiction does not currently have standardized diagnostic criteria in psychiatric manuals, mental health professionals often face challenges in identifying and treating it. This prompted the researchers to adopt a bottom-up approach, meaning they looked at the psychological dimensions, such as emotional, personality, and relational traits, as they naturally occur in people, rather than trying to fit the participants into rigid, predefined diagnostic boxes.
“Love Addiction is increasingly discussed both clinically and in the general public, but there is still considerable debate about what it actually represents,” study author Patrizia Velotti, director of the Emotions, Regulation and Relationships LAB and a full professor of clinical psychology at Sapienza University of Rome, told PsyPost. “Rather than assuming from the outset that it is simply a behavioral addiction, we wanted to examine the psychological processes associated with it from a bottom-up perspective, looking simultaneously at emotion regulation, personality functioning, and relational processes.”
A 2024 study indicated that people at risk for love addiction struggle more with controlling their emotions and forming secure relationships than healthy individuals. In addition, research covered by PsyPost in 2026 suggested that emotional dependence and love addiction feature distinct psychological profiles. Following this, a 2025 meta-analysis found that people struggling with love addiction consistently show high rates of insecure, anxious attachment to their romantic partners. A 2023 study also showed that an overwhelming fear of rejection and abandonment strongly predicts love addiction, especially when paired with low self-worth.
These earlier studies established that love addiction is linked to emotional distress and insecure relationship patterns, prompting researchers to test whether these psychological traits worsen step by step as people move from mild risk to severe clinical dependency. The researchers conducted the new study to examine these emotional, personality, and relational processes across different levels of love addiction severity.
“We were particularly interested in understanding whether people identified as at risk through self-report measures and those identified clinically would show similar or different psychological profiles,” Velotti said.
To investigate these differences, the research team recruited 152 adults in Italy, with an average age of about 33. The participants were divided into three groups based on their relationship struggles. The first group consisted of 70 people with no risk of love addiction. The second group included 53 individuals who were identified as being at risk for love addiction based on their high scores on a self-report questionnaire that evaluates addiction-like behaviors, such as experiencing withdrawal symptoms when away from a partner or having the relationship conflict with daily life. The third group consisted of 29 patients who were actively receiving clinical treatment for difficulties related to love addiction, as identified by mental health professionals.
All participants completed a battery of surveys. To assess emotional regulation, the researchers used a scale that measures how well individuals accept negative emotions, control their impulses, and maintain awareness of their feelings when upset. To evaluate personality functioning, the participants answered questions about their sense of identity, self-direction, empathy, and capacity for intimacy. A strong sense of self-direction involves being able to set and pursue meaningful goals, while intimacy involves maintaining deep and mutually respectful connections with others.
Finally, the researchers measured relational variables by assessing the participants’ levels of attachment anxiety and their ability to recognize and make sense of their emotions specifically within the context of an intimate relationship. The researchers controlled for the participants’ age and gender when analyzing the results to ensure these demographic factors did not skew the findings.
Cavalli and her team found that both the at-risk group and the clinical group reported substantially more difficulty managing their emotions compared to the non-risk group. People in both risk groups struggled to regulate negative emotional states, suggesting that they might use their romantic relationship as a maladaptive way to soothe their own emotional distress.
“One aspect we consider particularly important is that the relationship itself may function as a means of regulating difficult emotional states,” Velotti noted. “In this sense, problematic romantic involvement may be better understood not only in terms of compulsive behavior, but also in terms of what the relationship is psychologically being used to regulate.”
They also showed similar impairments in personality functioning, reporting more difficulties with their own sense of self and their interpersonal relationships than the non-risk group. However, there was no statistically significant difference in general emotional regulation or personality functioning between the at-risk individuals and the clinical patients. Both groups shared these underlying psychological vulnerabilities.
“One particularly interesting finding was how similar the at-risk and clinical groups were on several psychological dimensions,” Velotti explained. “This suggests that the transition toward clinically significant difficulties may not simply reflect a general increase in psychopathology; relational processes, and particularly attachment anxiety, may be especially important in understanding severity.”
The relational measures, on the other hand, showed a progressive worsening across the three groups. The researchers observed that attachment anxiety steadily increased depending on the severity of the love addiction. The non-risk group reported the lowest levels of relationship anxiety, the at-risk group reported moderate levels, and the clinical group reported the highest levels. This indicates that an intense fear of abandonment and an excessive need for reassurance are specific markers of severe, clinical love addiction.
“The most clinically informative finding was not simply that the clinical group showed ‘more problems’ across every dimension,” Velotti told PsyPost. “Emotional dysregulation and personality difficulties were already clearly elevated in the at-risk group… whereas anxious attachment showed a clear progressive increase and was highest in the clinical group.”
In terms of emotional regulation within the relationship itself, both the at-risk and clinical groups showed reduced awareness and clarity regarding their emotions when interacting with their partners compared to the non-risk group. The findings are in line with research covered by PsyPost in 2024 and a study covered by PsyPost in 2025, which consistently found that higher levels of insecure, anxious attachment are strongly associated with a greater severity of love addiction. They also align with research covered by PsyPost in 2026, which linked romantic relationship addiction to greater emotion regulation difficulties.
“The main message is that Love Addiction should not simply be understood as ‘loving too much,'” Velotti noted. “What appears to distinguish problematic forms of romantic involvement is a broader pattern involving difficulties in regulating emotions, impairments in self and interpersonal functioning, and, especially, difficulties related to attachment and emotional functioning within intimate relationships.”
As with all research, there are a few things to keep in mind when interpreting these results. “I would strongly caution against interpreting our findings as evidence that intense romantic attachment is itself pathological, or that Love Addiction is already an established diagnostic category,” Velotti said. “The construct remains debated, and our results are better understood as evidence for a dimensional and relational pattern of difficulties rather than for a discrete disorder.”
The study relied on a relatively small number of clinical patients, which makes it harder to generalize the findings to everyone who experiences severe love addiction. The participants were also overwhelmingly female, meaning that the relationship dynamics observed might not fully capture how this condition affects men. Because the research took place at a single point in time, it cannot show whether anxious attachment causes love addiction or if the addiction itself fuels the anxiety.
Future research will need to follow people over time to better understand how these relationship struggles develop. “Our next goal is to move beyond the question of whether Love Addiction resembles other behavioral addictions and develop a more integrated model of the phenomenon,” Velotti said. “Ultimately, this could also help improve assessment and inform interventions that target the underlying psychological and relational mechanisms rather than focusing only on the overt compulsive behavior.”
The study, “Psychological and Psychopathological Features of Love Addiction: A Cross-Sectional Study,” was authored by Roberta Gabriella Cavalli, Arianna Teverini, Viviana Ferrà, and Patrizia Velotti.
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DATE: September 22, 2026 at 10:00AM
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-------------------------------------------------TITLE: Psychologists pinpoint the dividing line between problematic romance and severe love addiction
New research published in Sexual Health & Compulsivity indicates that people with clinical levels of love addiction experience more severe relationship anxiety than those who are simply at risk. The study also found that both at-risk individuals and clinical patients share similar difficulties in regulating their emotions, suggesting that love addiction exists on a spectrum where intense attachment anxiety marks the transition into a clinical problem.
Love addiction is a pattern of obsessive and dependent involvement in a romantic relationship. For someone experiencing this condition, a romantic relationship becomes the absolute center of their life. They tend to constantly seek approval, reassurance, and closeness from their partner, often at the expense of friendships, work, and personal interests.
This intense focus persists even when it causes immense emotional distress or negative consequences in other areas of life. Historically, researchers have debated how to classify this condition, with some viewing it as a behavioral addiction similar to gambling, and others understanding it as an attachment issue rooted in an excessive fear of abandonment.
Because love addiction does not currently have standardized diagnostic criteria in psychiatric manuals, mental health professionals often face challenges in identifying and treating it. This prompted the researchers to adopt a bottom-up approach, meaning they looked at the psychological dimensions, such as emotional, personality, and relational traits, as they naturally occur in people, rather than trying to fit the participants into rigid, predefined diagnostic boxes.
“Love Addiction is increasingly discussed both clinically and in the general public, but there is still considerable debate about what it actually represents,” study author Patrizia Velotti, director of the Emotions, Regulation and Relationships LAB and a full professor of clinical psychology at Sapienza University of Rome, told PsyPost. “Rather than assuming from the outset that it is simply a behavioral addiction, we wanted to examine the psychological processes associated with it from a bottom-up perspective, looking simultaneously at emotion regulation, personality functioning, and relational processes.”
A 2024 study indicated that people at risk for love addiction struggle more with controlling their emotions and forming secure relationships than healthy individuals. In addition, research covered by PsyPost in 2026 suggested that emotional dependence and love addiction feature distinct psychological profiles. Following this, a 2025 meta-analysis found that people struggling with love addiction consistently show high rates of insecure, anxious attachment to their romantic partners. A 2023 study also showed that an overwhelming fear of rejection and abandonment strongly predicts love addiction, especially when paired with low self-worth.
These earlier studies established that love addiction is linked to emotional distress and insecure relationship patterns, prompting researchers to test whether these psychological traits worsen step by step as people move from mild risk to severe clinical dependency. The researchers conducted the new study to examine these emotional, personality, and relational processes across different levels of love addiction severity.
“We were particularly interested in understanding whether people identified as at risk through self-report measures and those identified clinically would show similar or different psychological profiles,” Velotti said.
To investigate these differences, the research team recruited 152 adults in Italy, with an average age of about 33. The participants were divided into three groups based on their relationship struggles. The first group consisted of 70 people with no risk of love addiction. The second group included 53 individuals who were identified as being at risk for love addiction based on their high scores on a self-report questionnaire that evaluates addiction-like behaviors, such as experiencing withdrawal symptoms when away from a partner or having the relationship conflict with daily life. The third group consisted of 29 patients who were actively receiving clinical treatment for difficulties related to love addiction, as identified by mental health professionals.
All participants completed a battery of surveys. To assess emotional regulation, the researchers used a scale that measures how well individuals accept negative emotions, control their impulses, and maintain awareness of their feelings when upset. To evaluate personality functioning, the participants answered questions about their sense of identity, self-direction, empathy, and capacity for intimacy. A strong sense of self-direction involves being able to set and pursue meaningful goals, while intimacy involves maintaining deep and mutually respectful connections with others.
Finally, the researchers measured relational variables by assessing the participants’ levels of attachment anxiety and their ability to recognize and make sense of their emotions specifically within the context of an intimate relationship. The researchers controlled for the participants’ age and gender when analyzing the results to ensure these demographic factors did not skew the findings.
Cavalli and her team found that both the at-risk group and the clinical group reported substantially more difficulty managing their emotions compared to the non-risk group. People in both risk groups struggled to regulate negative emotional states, suggesting that they might use their romantic relationship as a maladaptive way to soothe their own emotional distress.
“One aspect we consider particularly important is that the relationship itself may function as a means of regulating difficult emotional states,” Velotti noted. “In this sense, problematic romantic involvement may be better understood not only in terms of compulsive behavior, but also in terms of what the relationship is psychologically being used to regulate.”
They also showed similar impairments in personality functioning, reporting more difficulties with their own sense of self and their interpersonal relationships than the non-risk group. However, there was no statistically significant difference in general emotional regulation or personality functioning between the at-risk individuals and the clinical patients. Both groups shared these underlying psychological vulnerabilities.
“One particularly interesting finding was how similar the at-risk and clinical groups were on several psychological dimensions,” Velotti explained. “This suggests that the transition toward clinically significant difficulties may not simply reflect a general increase in psychopathology; relational processes, and particularly attachment anxiety, may be especially important in understanding severity.”
The relational measures, on the other hand, showed a progressive worsening across the three groups. The researchers observed that attachment anxiety steadily increased depending on the severity of the love addiction. The non-risk group reported the lowest levels of relationship anxiety, the at-risk group reported moderate levels, and the clinical group reported the highest levels. This indicates that an intense fear of abandonment and an excessive need for reassurance are specific markers of severe, clinical love addiction.
“The most clinically informative finding was not simply that the clinical group showed ‘more problems’ across every dimension,” Velotti told PsyPost. “Emotional dysregulation and personality difficulties were already clearly elevated in the at-risk group… whereas anxious attachment showed a clear progressive increase and was highest in the clinical group.”
In terms of emotional regulation within the relationship itself, both the at-risk and clinical groups showed reduced awareness and clarity regarding their emotions when interacting with their partners compared to the non-risk group. The findings are in line with research covered by PsyPost in 2024 and a study covered by PsyPost in 2025, which consistently found that higher levels of insecure, anxious attachment are strongly associated with a greater severity of love addiction. They also align with research covered by PsyPost in 2026, which linked romantic relationship addiction to greater emotion regulation difficulties.
“The main message is that Love Addiction should not simply be understood as ‘loving too much,'” Velotti noted. “What appears to distinguish problematic forms of romantic involvement is a broader pattern involving difficulties in regulating emotions, impairments in self and interpersonal functioning, and, especially, difficulties related to attachment and emotional functioning within intimate relationships.”
As with all research, there are a few things to keep in mind when interpreting these results. “I would strongly caution against interpreting our findings as evidence that intense romantic attachment is itself pathological, or that Love Addiction is already an established diagnostic category,” Velotti said. “The construct remains debated, and our results are better understood as evidence for a dimensional and relational pattern of difficulties rather than for a discrete disorder.”
The study relied on a relatively small number of clinical patients, which makes it harder to generalize the findings to everyone who experiences severe love addiction. The participants were also overwhelmingly female, meaning that the relationship dynamics observed might not fully capture how this condition affects men. Because the research took place at a single point in time, it cannot show whether anxious attachment causes love addiction or if the addiction itself fuels the anxiety.
Future research will need to follow people over time to better understand how these relationship struggles develop. “Our next goal is to move beyond the question of whether Love Addiction resembles other behavioral addictions and develop a more integrated model of the phenomenon,” Velotti said. “Ultimately, this could also help improve assessment and inform interventions that target the underlying psychological and relational mechanisms rather than focusing only on the overt compulsive behavior.”
The study, “Psychological and Psychopathological Features of Love Addiction: A Cross-Sectional Study,” was authored by Roberta Gabriella Cavalli, Arianna Teverini, Viviana Ferrà, and Patrizia Velotti.
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DATE: September 22, 2026 at 10:00AM
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-------------------------------------------------TITLE: Psychologists pinpoint the dividing line between problematic romance and severe love addiction
New research published in Sexual Health & Compulsivity indicates that people with clinical levels of love addiction experience more severe relationship anxiety than those who are simply at risk. The study also found that both at-risk individuals and clinical patients share similar difficulties in regulating their emotions, suggesting that love addiction exists on a spectrum where intense attachment anxiety marks the transition into a clinical problem.
Love addiction is a pattern of obsessive and dependent involvement in a romantic relationship. For someone experiencing this condition, a romantic relationship becomes the absolute center of their life. They tend to constantly seek approval, reassurance, and closeness from their partner, often at the expense of friendships, work, and personal interests.
This intense focus persists even when it causes immense emotional distress or negative consequences in other areas of life. Historically, researchers have debated how to classify this condition, with some viewing it as a behavioral addiction similar to gambling, and others understanding it as an attachment issue rooted in an excessive fear of abandonment.
Because love addiction does not currently have standardized diagnostic criteria in psychiatric manuals, mental health professionals often face challenges in identifying and treating it. This prompted the researchers to adopt a bottom-up approach, meaning they looked at the psychological dimensions, such as emotional, personality, and relational traits, as they naturally occur in people, rather than trying to fit the participants into rigid, predefined diagnostic boxes.
“Love Addiction is increasingly discussed both clinically and in the general public, but there is still considerable debate about what it actually represents,” study author Patrizia Velotti, director of the Emotions, Regulation and Relationships LAB and a full professor of clinical psychology at Sapienza University of Rome, told PsyPost. “Rather than assuming from the outset that it is simply a behavioral addiction, we wanted to examine the psychological processes associated with it from a bottom-up perspective, looking simultaneously at emotion regulation, personality functioning, and relational processes.”
A 2024 study indicated that people at risk for love addiction struggle more with controlling their emotions and forming secure relationships than healthy individuals. In addition, research covered by PsyPost in 2026 suggested that emotional dependence and love addiction feature distinct psychological profiles. Following this, a 2025 meta-analysis found that people struggling with love addiction consistently show high rates of insecure, anxious attachment to their romantic partners. A 2023 study also showed that an overwhelming fear of rejection and abandonment strongly predicts love addiction, especially when paired with low self-worth.
These earlier studies established that love addiction is linked to emotional distress and insecure relationship patterns, prompting researchers to test whether these psychological traits worsen step by step as people move from mild risk to severe clinical dependency. The researchers conducted the new study to examine these emotional, personality, and relational processes across different levels of love addiction severity.
“We were particularly interested in understanding whether people identified as at risk through self-report measures and those identified clinically would show similar or different psychological profiles,” Velotti said.
To investigate these differences, the research team recruited 152 adults in Italy, with an average age of about 33. The participants were divided into three groups based on their relationship struggles. The first group consisted of 70 people with no risk of love addiction. The second group included 53 individuals who were identified as being at risk for love addiction based on their high scores on a self-report questionnaire that evaluates addiction-like behaviors, such as experiencing withdrawal symptoms when away from a partner or having the relationship conflict with daily life. The third group consisted of 29 patients who were actively receiving clinical treatment for difficulties related to love addiction, as identified by mental health professionals.
All participants completed a battery of surveys. To assess emotional regulation, the researchers used a scale that measures how well individuals accept negative emotions, control their impulses, and maintain awareness of their feelings when upset. To evaluate personality functioning, the participants answered questions about their sense of identity, self-direction, empathy, and capacity for intimacy. A strong sense of self-direction involves being able to set and pursue meaningful goals, while intimacy involves maintaining deep and mutually respectful connections with others.
Finally, the researchers measured relational variables by assessing the participants’ levels of attachment anxiety and their ability to recognize and make sense of their emotions specifically within the context of an intimate relationship. The researchers controlled for the participants’ age and gender when analyzing the results to ensure these demographic factors did not skew the findings.
Cavalli and her team found that both the at-risk group and the clinical group reported substantially more difficulty managing their emotions compared to the non-risk group. People in both risk groups struggled to regulate negative emotional states, suggesting that they might use their romantic relationship as a maladaptive way to soothe their own emotional distress.
“One aspect we consider particularly important is that the relationship itself may function as a means of regulating difficult emotional states,” Velotti noted. “In this sense, problematic romantic involvement may be better understood not only in terms of compulsive behavior, but also in terms of what the relationship is psychologically being used to regulate.”
They also showed similar impairments in personality functioning, reporting more difficulties with their own sense of self and their interpersonal relationships than the non-risk group. However, there was no statistically significant difference in general emotional regulation or personality functioning between the at-risk individuals and the clinical patients. Both groups shared these underlying psychological vulnerabilities.
“One particularly interesting finding was how similar the at-risk and clinical groups were on several psychological dimensions,” Velotti explained. “This suggests that the transition toward clinically significant difficulties may not simply reflect a general increase in psychopathology; relational processes, and particularly attachment anxiety, may be especially important in understanding severity.”
The relational measures, on the other hand, showed a progressive worsening across the three groups. The researchers observed that attachment anxiety steadily increased depending on the severity of the love addiction. The non-risk group reported the lowest levels of relationship anxiety, the at-risk group reported moderate levels, and the clinical group reported the highest levels. This indicates that an intense fear of abandonment and an excessive need for reassurance are specific markers of severe, clinical love addiction.
“The most clinically informative finding was not simply that the clinical group showed ‘more problems’ across every dimension,” Velotti told PsyPost. “Emotional dysregulation and personality difficulties were already clearly elevated in the at-risk group… whereas anxious attachment showed a clear progressive increase and was highest in the clinical group.”
In terms of emotional regulation within the relationship itself, both the at-risk and clinical groups showed reduced awareness and clarity regarding their emotions when interacting with their partners compared to the non-risk group. The findings are in line with research covered by PsyPost in 2024 and a study covered by PsyPost in 2025, which consistently found that higher levels of insecure, anxious attachment are strongly associated with a greater severity of love addiction. They also align with research covered by PsyPost in 2026, which linked romantic relationship addiction to greater emotion regulation difficulties.
“The main message is that Love Addiction should not simply be understood as ‘loving too much,'” Velotti noted. “What appears to distinguish problematic forms of romantic involvement is a broader pattern involving difficulties in regulating emotions, impairments in self and interpersonal functioning, and, especially, difficulties related to attachment and emotional functioning within intimate relationships.”
As with all research, there are a few things to keep in mind when interpreting these results. “I would strongly caution against interpreting our findings as evidence that intense romantic attachment is itself pathological, or that Love Addiction is already an established diagnostic category,” Velotti said. “The construct remains debated, and our results are better understood as evidence for a dimensional and relational pattern of difficulties rather than for a discrete disorder.”
The study relied on a relatively small number of clinical patients, which makes it harder to generalize the findings to everyone who experiences severe love addiction. The participants were also overwhelmingly female, meaning that the relationship dynamics observed might not fully capture how this condition affects men. Because the research took place at a single point in time, it cannot show whether anxious attachment causes love addiction or if the addiction itself fuels the anxiety.
Future research will need to follow people over time to better understand how these relationship struggles develop. “Our next goal is to move beyond the question of whether Love Addiction resembles other behavioral addictions and develop a more integrated model of the phenomenon,” Velotti said. “Ultimately, this could also help improve assessment and inform interventions that target the underlying psychological and relational mechanisms rather than focusing only on the overt compulsive behavior.”
The study, “Psychological and Psychopathological Features of Love Addiction: A Cross-Sectional Study,” was authored by Roberta Gabriella Cavalli, Arianna Teverini, Viviana Ferrà, and Patrizia Velotti.
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DATE: September 22, 2026 at 09:42AM
SOURCE: SCIENCE DAILY PSYCHOLOGY FEEDTITLE: Coffee doesn’t have to keep you awake to disrupt your sleep
URL: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/09/260922005719.htm
Caffeine may make sleep less restorative even when you fall asleep normally and stay in bed for eight hours, with EEG recordings revealing fewer of the slow brain waves associated with deep sleep. Individual sensitivity varies dramatically, meaning even caffeine consumed earlier in the day could affect nighttime recovery for some people.
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DATE: September 22, 2026 at 09:42AM
SOURCE: SCIENCE DAILY PSYCHOLOGY FEEDTITLE: Coffee doesn’t have to keep you awake to disrupt your sleep
URL: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/09/260922005719.htm
Caffeine may make sleep less restorative even when you fall asleep normally and stay in bed for eight hours, with EEG recordings revealing fewer of the slow brain waves associated with deep sleep. Individual sensitivity varies dramatically, meaning even caffeine consumed earlier in the day could affect nighttime recovery for some people.
URL: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/09/260922005719.htm
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DATE: September 22, 2026 at 09:42AM
SOURCE: SCIENCE DAILY PSYCHOLOGY FEEDTITLE: Coffee doesn’t have to keep you awake to disrupt your sleep
URL: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/09/260922005719.htm
Caffeine may make sleep less restorative even when you fall asleep normally and stay in bed for eight hours, with EEG recordings revealing fewer of the slow brain waves associated with deep sleep. Individual sensitivity varies dramatically, meaning even caffeine consumed earlier in the day could affect nighttime recovery for some people.
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DATE: September 22, 2026 at 09:42AM
SOURCE: SCIENCE DAILY MIND-BRAIN FEEDTITLE: Coffee doesn’t have to keep you awake to disrupt your sleep
URL: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/09/260922005719.htm
Caffeine may make sleep less restorative even when you fall asleep normally and stay in bed for eight hours, with EEG recordings revealing fewer of the slow brain waves associated with deep sleep. Individual sensitivity varies dramatically, meaning even caffeine consumed earlier in the day could affect nighttime recovery for some people.
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DATE: September 22, 2026 at 09:42AM
SOURCE: SCIENCE DAILY MIND-BRAIN FEEDTITLE: Coffee doesn’t have to keep you awake to disrupt your sleep
URL: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/09/260922005719.htm
Caffeine may make sleep less restorative even when you fall asleep normally and stay in bed for eight hours, with EEG recordings revealing fewer of the slow brain waves associated with deep sleep. Individual sensitivity varies dramatically, meaning even caffeine consumed earlier in the day could affect nighttime recovery for some people.
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DATE: September 22, 2026 at 09:42AM
SOURCE: SCIENCE DAILY MIND-BRAIN FEEDTITLE: Coffee doesn’t have to keep you awake to disrupt your sleep
URL: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/09/260922005719.htm
Caffeine may make sleep less restorative even when you fall asleep normally and stay in bed for eight hours, with EEG recordings revealing fewer of the slow brain waves associated with deep sleep. Individual sensitivity varies dramatically, meaning even caffeine consumed earlier in the day could affect nighttime recovery for some people.
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DATE: September 22, 2026 at 09:00AM
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-------------------------------------------------TITLE: Parents with two daughters report the highest levels of happiness, Chinese study finds
A study in China found that parents tend to be happier than non-parents. Among parents, those with more children tend to be happier, but only among those aged 60 and above. Parents who only had daughters tended to be happier than those having only boys, particularly those who had exactly two daughters. The paper was published in Acta Psychologica.
Happiness is an important component of quality of life. It can depend on both personal circumstances and broader social conditions. Family structure can play an important role in how happy a person is, particularly through the number of children, their ages, and the kinds of support they provide. Parenthood can make a person happier by creating emotional meaning and companionship, but it can also increase financial demands, daily responsibilities, and work-family conflict. These costs and benefits may change across the life course as children grow older and parents’ needs shift.
Adult children can contribute to parents’ well-being through financial assistance, practical help, emotional support, and maintaining close family relationships. Sons and daughters can provide different forms of support because cultural expectations and gender roles shape how family responsibilities are distributed.
Daughters tend to be more involved in maintaining family contact and providing emotional support, whereas sons may be expected in some cultures to provide greater financial or practical assistance. The relationship between children and parental happiness can therefore depend strongly on cultural norms, economic resources, social security systems, and whether families live in urban or rural settings.
Study authors Zhong Fei and Wenqin Jin wanted to explore how a person’s happiness is associated with the number of children the person has and their gender. More specifically, they wanted to answer the following question: “what kind of offspring composition, in which ways, and for which parents, can improve their quality of life in Chinese society?”
These researchers analyzed data from the Chinese General Social Survey (CGSS). The CGSS is a large, multistage survey initiated by Renmin University of China in 2003. It covers all provinces, autonomous regions, and municipalities in China and targets the civilian population aged 18 years and above. Study participants were recruited from 100 counties and five metropolitan areas (Beijing, Shanghai, Tianjin, Guangzhou, and Shenzhen) across China. There were six data collection waves in the study between 2012 and 2021, each involving between 8,000 and 13,000 participants. The dataset used in this analysis included data from 49,752 individuals, 45,108 of whom had children.
From this dataset, the study authors used data about participants’ self-reported happiness (“Overall, do you feel happy in your life?”), the number of children, and their gender (“How many biological children do you have (including deceased children)? How many sons and daughters do you have (including deceased children)?”). They also used data on participants’ gender, age, ethnicity, and various other pieces of sociodemographic information.
Results showed that, on average, parents were happier than non-parents. Participants with a larger number of children tended to be happier than those with fewer children, but only when participants aged 60 and above were considered. Parents with all-female offspring tended to be happier than those with all-male offspring, and this association was strongest among middle-aged parents and those who had exactly two daughters. Parents with a mix of sons and daughters did not report a statistically significant difference in happiness compared to those with only sons.
Additionally, the positive association between the number of children and happiness was more pronounced among men, urban residents, and those with a pension, whereas the happiness advantage of having only daughters was more pronounced among rural residents, middle-aged parents, and those with a spouse.
“It is important to interpret these findings with appropriate caution. As our analyses are based on data from the CGSS, the observed associations particularly the pronounced positive association of the ‘two daughters’ combination in two-child families should be viewed as sample-specific evidence within the contemporary Chinese context. The generalizability of these patterns to other cultural settings or time periods remains to be established through future cross-cultural and cross-national research,” the study authors added.
The study contributes to the scientific knowledge about factors associated with psychological well-being. However, it should be noted that happiness was assessed using a single item, so the reliability and particularly the temporal stability of such ratings remain unknown. Additionally, the design of the study does not allow any causal inferences to be derived from the results. Therefore, it remains unknown whether having children makes people happier, whether happier people are more likely to decide to have children, or whether this association is caused by some other factor.
The paper, “Who reports higher happiness? The association between number of children, gender composition of offspring and parental happiness,” was authored by Zhong Fei and Wenqin Jin.
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DATE: September 22, 2026 at 09:00AM
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-------------------------------------------------TITLE: Parents with two daughters report the highest levels of happiness, Chinese study finds
A study in China found that parents tend to be happier than non-parents. Among parents, those with more children tend to be happier, but only among those aged 60 and above. Parents who only had daughters tended to be happier than those having only boys, particularly those who had exactly two daughters. The paper was published in Acta Psychologica.
Happiness is an important component of quality of life. It can depend on both personal circumstances and broader social conditions. Family structure can play an important role in how happy a person is, particularly through the number of children, their ages, and the kinds of support they provide. Parenthood can make a person happier by creating emotional meaning and companionship, but it can also increase financial demands, daily responsibilities, and work-family conflict. These costs and benefits may change across the life course as children grow older and parents’ needs shift.
Adult children can contribute to parents’ well-being through financial assistance, practical help, emotional support, and maintaining close family relationships. Sons and daughters can provide different forms of support because cultural expectations and gender roles shape how family responsibilities are distributed.
Daughters tend to be more involved in maintaining family contact and providing emotional support, whereas sons may be expected in some cultures to provide greater financial or practical assistance. The relationship between children and parental happiness can therefore depend strongly on cultural norms, economic resources, social security systems, and whether families live in urban or rural settings.
Study authors Zhong Fei and Wenqin Jin wanted to explore how a person’s happiness is associated with the number of children the person has and their gender. More specifically, they wanted to answer the following question: “what kind of offspring composition, in which ways, and for which parents, can improve their quality of life in Chinese society?”
These researchers analyzed data from the Chinese General Social Survey (CGSS). The CGSS is a large, multistage survey initiated by Renmin University of China in 2003. It covers all provinces, autonomous regions, and municipalities in China and targets the civilian population aged 18 years and above. Study participants were recruited from 100 counties and five metropolitan areas (Beijing, Shanghai, Tianjin, Guangzhou, and Shenzhen) across China. There were six data collection waves in the study between 2012 and 2021, each involving between 8,000 and 13,000 participants. The dataset used in this analysis included data from 49,752 individuals, 45,108 of whom had children.
From this dataset, the study authors used data about participants’ self-reported happiness (“Overall, do you feel happy in your life?”), the number of children, and their gender (“How many biological children do you have (including deceased children)? How many sons and daughters do you have (including deceased children)?”). They also used data on participants’ gender, age, ethnicity, and various other pieces of sociodemographic information.
Results showed that, on average, parents were happier than non-parents. Participants with a larger number of children tended to be happier than those with fewer children, but only when participants aged 60 and above were considered. Parents with all-female offspring tended to be happier than those with all-male offspring, and this association was strongest among middle-aged parents and those who had exactly two daughters. Parents with a mix of sons and daughters did not report a statistically significant difference in happiness compared to those with only sons.
Additionally, the positive association between the number of children and happiness was more pronounced among men, urban residents, and those with a pension, whereas the happiness advantage of having only daughters was more pronounced among rural residents, middle-aged parents, and those with a spouse.
“It is important to interpret these findings with appropriate caution. As our analyses are based on data from the CGSS, the observed associations particularly the pronounced positive association of the ‘two daughters’ combination in two-child families should be viewed as sample-specific evidence within the contemporary Chinese context. The generalizability of these patterns to other cultural settings or time periods remains to be established through future cross-cultural and cross-national research,” the study authors added.
The study contributes to the scientific knowledge about factors associated with psychological well-being. However, it should be noted that happiness was assessed using a single item, so the reliability and particularly the temporal stability of such ratings remain unknown. Additionally, the design of the study does not allow any causal inferences to be derived from the results. Therefore, it remains unknown whether having children makes people happier, whether happier people are more likely to decide to have children, or whether this association is caused by some other factor.
The paper, “Who reports higher happiness? The association between number of children, gender composition of offspring and parental happiness,” was authored by Zhong Fei and Wenqin Jin.
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DATE: September 22, 2026 at 09:00AM
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A study in China found that parents tend to be happier than non-parents. Among parents, those with more children tend to be happier, but only among those aged 60 and above. Parents who only had daughters tended to be happier than those having only boys, particularly those who had exactly two daughters. The paper was published in Acta Psychologica.
Happiness is an important component of quality of life. It can depend on both personal circumstances and broader social conditions. Family structure can play an important role in how happy a person is, particularly through the number of children, their ages, and the kinds of support they provide. Parenthood can make a person happier by creating emotional meaning and companionship, but it can also increase financial demands, daily responsibilities, and work-family conflict. These costs and benefits may change across the life course as children grow older and parents’ needs shift.
Adult children can contribute to parents’ well-being through financial assistance, practical help, emotional support, and maintaining close family relationships. Sons and daughters can provide different forms of support because cultural expectations and gender roles shape how family responsibilities are distributed.
Daughters tend to be more involved in maintaining family contact and providing emotional support, whereas sons may be expected in some cultures to provide greater financial or practical assistance. The relationship between children and parental happiness can therefore depend strongly on cultural norms, economic resources, social security systems, and whether families live in urban or rural settings.
Study authors Zhong Fei and Wenqin Jin wanted to explore how a person’s happiness is associated with the number of children the person has and their gender. More specifically, they wanted to answer the following question: “what kind of offspring composition, in which ways, and for which parents, can improve their quality of life in Chinese society?”
These researchers analyzed data from the Chinese General Social Survey (CGSS). The CGSS is a large, multistage survey initiated by Renmin University of China in 2003. It covers all provinces, autonomous regions, and municipalities in China and targets the civilian population aged 18 years and above. Study participants were recruited from 100 counties and five metropolitan areas (Beijing, Shanghai, Tianjin, Guangzhou, and Shenzhen) across China. There were six data collection waves in the study between 2012 and 2021, each involving between 8,000 and 13,000 participants. The dataset used in this analysis included data from 49,752 individuals, 45,108 of whom had children.
From this dataset, the study authors used data about participants’ self-reported happiness (“Overall, do you feel happy in your life?”), the number of children, and their gender (“How many biological children do you have (including deceased children)? How many sons and daughters do you have (including deceased children)?”). They also used data on participants’ gender, age, ethnicity, and various other pieces of sociodemographic information.
Results showed that, on average, parents were happier than non-parents. Participants with a larger number of children tended to be happier than those with fewer children, but only when participants aged 60 and above were considered. Parents with all-female offspring tended to be happier than those with all-male offspring, and this association was strongest among middle-aged parents and those who had exactly two daughters. Parents with a mix of sons and daughters did not report a statistically significant difference in happiness compared to those with only sons.
Additionally, the positive association between the number of children and happiness was more pronounced among men, urban residents, and those with a pension, whereas the happiness advantage of having only daughters was more pronounced among rural residents, middle-aged parents, and those with a spouse.
“It is important to interpret these findings with appropriate caution. As our analyses are based on data from the CGSS, the observed associations particularly the pronounced positive association of the ‘two daughters’ combination in two-child families should be viewed as sample-specific evidence within the contemporary Chinese context. The generalizability of these patterns to other cultural settings or time periods remains to be established through future cross-cultural and cross-national research,” the study authors added.
The study contributes to the scientific knowledge about factors associated with psychological well-being. However, it should be noted that happiness was assessed using a single item, so the reliability and particularly the temporal stability of such ratings remain unknown. Additionally, the design of the study does not allow any causal inferences to be derived from the results. Therefore, it remains unknown whether having children makes people happier, whether happier people are more likely to decide to have children, or whether this association is caused by some other factor.
The paper, “Who reports higher happiness? The association between number of children, gender composition of offspring and parental happiness,” was authored by Zhong Fei and Wenqin Jin.
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DATE: September 22, 2026 at 08:12AM
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DATE: September 22, 2026 at 08:12AM
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DATE: September 22, 2026 at 08:12AM
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DATE: September 22, 2026 at 01:38PM
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GLP-1 medications such as Ozempic have reshaped treatment for Type 2 diabetes. These drugs can help patients manage blood sugar, lower cardiovascular risk, and, in many cases, lose a large amount of weight. Yet a new study finds little evidence that they improve mental health, employment, marriage, or overall well-being. Thus, the drugs' broader life effects may be subtler than their dramatic physical health benefits.
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DATE: September 22, 2026 at 01:38PM
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DATE: September 22, 2026 at 01:38PM
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DATE: September 22, 2026 at 01:37PM
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Experts commissioned by the United Nations' top human rights body say they have found "reasonable grounds" to believe the United States committed war crimes in two strikes in Iran, including on a school in the southern city of Minab. They also accuse Iran's theocratic government of carrying out crimes against humanity against its own people, in a report published Thursday. The report, while not binding, adds to evidence of crimes in the war in...
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DATE: September 22, 2026 at 01:37PM
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DATE: September 22, 2026 at 01:37PM
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DATE: September 21, 2026 at 09:49PM
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Stem cell transplants helped regenerate stroke-damaged brain tissue in mice, producing new neurons and restoring lost motor function. The treatment also improved blood vessels, inflammation, and the blood-brain barrier, raising hopes that a similar approach could eventually help repair the human brain after stroke.
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DATE: September 21, 2026 at 09:49PM
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Stem cell transplants helped regenerate stroke-damaged brain tissue in mice, producing new neurons and restoring lost motor function. The treatment also improved blood vessels, inflammation, and the blood-brain barrier, raising hopes that a similar approach could eventually help repair the human brain after stroke.
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DATE: September 21, 2026 at 09:49PM
SOURCE: SCIENCE DAILY MIND-BRAIN FEEDTITLE: Stem cells reverse stroke damage and restore movement in mice
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Stem cell transplants helped regenerate stroke-damaged brain tissue in mice, producing new neurons and restoring lost motor function. The treatment also improved blood vessels, inflammation, and the blood-brain barrier, raising hopes that a similar approach could eventually help repair the human brain after stroke.
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DATE: September 21, 2026 at 11:48PM
SOURCE: SCIENCE DAILY MIND-BRAIN FEEDTITLE: Brain scans reveal a possible cause of long COVID fatigue and brain fog
URL: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/09/260920222412.htm
Researchers have found evidence that long COVID may damage dopamine releasing neurons in the brain, potentially explaining persistent fatigue, low motivation, slowed movement, and memory difficulties. The discovery could lead to new treatments that target the brain's dopamine system.
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DATE: September 21, 2026 at 11:48PM
SOURCE: SCIENCE DAILY MIND-BRAIN FEEDTITLE: Brain scans reveal a possible cause of long COVID fatigue and brain fog
URL: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/09/260920222412.htm
Researchers have found evidence that long COVID may damage dopamine releasing neurons in the brain, potentially explaining persistent fatigue, low motivation, slowed movement, and memory difficulties. The discovery could lead to new treatments that target the brain's dopamine system.
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DATE: September 21, 2026 at 11:48PM
SOURCE: SCIENCE DAILY MIND-BRAIN FEEDTITLE: Brain scans reveal a possible cause of long COVID fatigue and brain fog
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DATE: September 21, 2026 at 05:38PM
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DATE: September 21, 2026 at 05:38PM
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DATE: September 21, 2026 at 05:38PM
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@AmbryGenetics Pays $700K #HIPAA Fine in #Phishing #DataBreach: Settlement With @HHSOCR Comes After Firm Paid Nearly $12.3M to Settle Civil Claim for Same Hack https://t.co/k1jD4oxhfQ
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DATE: September 21, 2026 at 05:38PM
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@AmbryGenetics Pays $700K #HIPAA Fine in #Phishing #DataBreach: Settlement With @HHSOCR Comes After Firm Paid Nearly $12.3M to Settle Civil Claim for Same Hack https://t.co/k1jD4oxhfQ
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DATE: September 21, 2026 at 04:53PM
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DATE: September 21, 2026 at 04:53PM
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DATE: September 21, 2026 at 04:53PM
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DATE: September 21, 2026 at 05:15AM
SOURCE: SOCIALPSYCHOLOGY.ORGTITLE: Nvidia CEO Calls for AI to Be Developed "As Fast As We Can"
Source: CBS News - U.S. News
The CEO of the world's largest chipmaker told CBS News in an interview that tech companies should push forward with the development of artificial intelligence despite recent warnings from worried industry leaders that unregulated AI could lead to the extinction of humanity. "We should go as fast as we can irrespective of anybody else," said Jensen Huang, founder of Nvidia, which is now valued at more than $5 trillion.
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DATE: September 21, 2026 at 05:15AM
SOURCE: SOCIALPSYCHOLOGY.ORGTITLE: Nvidia CEO Calls for AI to Be Developed "As Fast As We Can"
Source: CBS News - U.S. News
The CEO of the world's largest chipmaker told CBS News in an interview that tech companies should push forward with the development of artificial intelligence despite recent warnings from worried industry leaders that unregulated AI could lead to the extinction of humanity. "We should go as fast as we can irrespective of anybody else," said Jensen Huang, founder of Nvidia, which is now valued at more than $5 trillion.
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DATE: September 21, 2026 at 05:15AM
SOURCE: SOCIALPSYCHOLOGY.ORGTITLE: Nvidia CEO Calls for AI to Be Developed "As Fast As We Can"
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The CEO of the world's largest chipmaker told CBS News in an interview that tech companies should push forward with the development of artificial intelligence despite recent warnings from worried industry leaders that unregulated AI could lead to the extinction of humanity. "We should go as fast as we can irrespective of anybody else," said Jensen Huang, founder of Nvidia, which is now valued at more than $5 trillion.
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DATE: September 21, 2026
SOURCE: Journal for Social Action in Counseling and Psychology (JSACP)TITLE: Self-Determination and Eco-Cultural Competence among Tribal Naga Students in Migration
URL: https://openjournals.bsu.edu/jsacp/article/view/5789
This study examined how Indigenous practices of community care and mentoring informed culturally grounded counseling and psychological well-being among Naga tribal students from Nagaland in Northeast India. Guided by Indigenous Psychology and Self-Determination Theory, the research explored how the students navigated their educational migration through community-based counseling systems. These systems provided culturally grounded spaces of care and mentoring, enabling students to sustain their socio-cultural adaptation, strengthen their eco-cultural competence, and prepare them for a sustainable homecoming while maintaining their ancestral identity and ecological belonging. Using qualitative methods rooted in Indigenous methodologies, data were collected through semi-structured interviews and talking circles that foreground collective knowledge. Participants included students, community elders, and Naga mental health practitioners. Findings revealed that student unions and Church fellowships functioned as Indigenous mentoring and counseling systems that integrated ethics of reciprocity, intergenerational narrative practices, and contemporary psychosocial support, thereby fostering empowerment and ecological consciousness. Migration offered a perspective that deepened awareness of cultural and ecological heritage, reinforcing commitment to stewardship and community advocacy. The study demonstrated how Indigenous counseling frameworks could enhance culturally responsive mental health practices by providing contextually relevant approaches that support equity, community well-being, and environmental justice in higher education contexts.
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DATE: September 21, 2026
SOURCE: Journal for Social Action in Counseling and Psychology (JSACP)TITLE: Self-Determination and Eco-Cultural Competence among Tribal Naga Students in Migration
URL: https://openjournals.bsu.edu/jsacp/article/view/5789
This study examined how Indigenous practices of community care and mentoring informed culturally grounded counseling and psychological well-being among Naga tribal students from Nagaland in Northeast India. Guided by Indigenous Psychology and Self-Determination Theory, the research explored how the students navigated their educational migration through community-based counseling systems. These systems provided culturally grounded spaces of care and mentoring, enabling students to sustain their socio-cultural adaptation, strengthen their eco-cultural competence, and prepare them for a sustainable homecoming while maintaining their ancestral identity and ecological belonging. Using qualitative methods rooted in Indigenous methodologies, data were collected through semi-structured interviews and talking circles that foreground collective knowledge. Participants included students, community elders, and Naga mental health practitioners. Findings revealed that student unions and Church fellowships functioned as Indigenous mentoring and counseling systems that integrated ethics of reciprocity, intergenerational narrative practices, and contemporary psychosocial support, thereby fostering empowerment and ecological consciousness. Migration offered a perspective that deepened awareness of cultural and ecological heritage, reinforcing commitment to stewardship and community advocacy. The study demonstrated how Indigenous counseling frameworks could enhance culturally responsive mental health practices by providing contextually relevant approaches that support equity, community well-being, and environmental justice in higher education contexts.
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DATE: September 21, 2026
SOURCE: Journal for Social Action in Counseling and Psychology (JSACP)TITLE: Self-Determination and Eco-Cultural Competence among Tribal Naga Students in Migration
URL: https://openjournals.bsu.edu/jsacp/article/view/5789
This study examined how Indigenous practices of community care and mentoring informed culturally grounded counseling and psychological well-being among Naga tribal students from Nagaland in Northeast India. Guided by Indigenous Psychology and Self-Determination Theory, the research explored how the students navigated their educational migration through community-based counseling systems. These systems provided culturally grounded spaces of care and mentoring, enabling students to sustain their socio-cultural adaptation, strengthen their eco-cultural competence, and prepare them for a sustainable homecoming while maintaining their ancestral identity and ecological belonging. Using qualitative methods rooted in Indigenous methodologies, data were collected through semi-structured interviews and talking circles that foreground collective knowledge. Participants included students, community elders, and Naga mental health practitioners. Findings revealed that student unions and Church fellowships functioned as Indigenous mentoring and counseling systems that integrated ethics of reciprocity, intergenerational narrative practices, and contemporary psychosocial support, thereby fostering empowerment and ecological consciousness. Migration offered a perspective that deepened awareness of cultural and ecological heritage, reinforcing commitment to stewardship and community advocacy. The study demonstrated how Indigenous counseling frameworks could enhance culturally responsive mental health practices by providing contextually relevant approaches that support equity, community well-being, and environmental justice in higher education contexts.
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DATE: September 21, 2026 at 12:00PM
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-------------------------------------------------TITLE: Daily variations in salivary cortisol may predict cognitive decline in older adults
An analysis of the Chicago Health and Aging Project data found that cortisol level variations may be used to predict cognitive decline in older adults. Longitudinally, individuals with medium to high cortisol intraday variability showed slower cognitive decline whereas individuals with the highest average cortisol levels tended to show faster cognitive decline. The paper was published in JAMA Network Open.
As people grow older, their mental functioning gradually worsens. This is called age-related cognitive decline. Changes are typically seen in memory, processing speed, attention, and executive functioning, although the extent of decline varies considerably between individuals. Chronic stress may contribute to this process by repeatedly activating the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis (the neural mechanism responsible for reactions to stress) and altering the regulation of the stress hormone cortisol.
Cortisol can influence brain regions that are especially important for memory and higher-order cognition, including the hippocampus and prefrontal cortex. Persistently elevated or dysregulated cortisol has therefore been investigated as a possible contributor to poorer cognitive functioning and greater risk of neurodegenerative disease.
Aside from cortisol, other systemic processes, such as inflammation, metabolic dysfunction, and vascular health, may also affect the course of cognitive aging. Because many of the factors shaping these processes are potentially modifiable, age-related cognitive decline is increasingly studied within the broader field of dementia prevention.
Study author Ted K. S. Ng and his colleagues explored daily variations in salivary cortisol in a large and racially diverse group of older adults over an 11-year follow-up period. They chose to test saliva because it specifically measures physiologically active “free” cortisol and avoids the acute stress response caused by needle pricks during blood draws. They examined the associations between these variations and participants’ cognition, Alzheimer’s disease occurrence, and cognitive decline over time.
The study used data from the Chicago Health and Aging Project (CHAP). CHAP is an established population-based longitudinal study of aging and Alzheimer’s disease among community-dwelling older adults on the South Side of Chicago in four Chicago neighborhoods with substantial proportions of Black and White older adults. CHAP data were collected in three-year cycles, starting in 1993, and with later data collection waves conducted up to 2012.
Data used in this analysis came from 3,895 participants who provided saliva samples for the study. To be included in the analysis, they needed to have provided saliva that allowed at least one valid cortisol level assessment. Participants’ average age was 77 years. Sixty-four percent of them were women, and 64 percent were Black. Eighty-three percent of these participants provided three valid saliva samples.
From the cortisol level data derived from saliva samples (cortisol levels from three collection time points), multiple indices of daily variations in hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis (HPA axis) activity were created. The HPA axis is a hormone-regulating system linking the hypothalamus, pituitary gland, and adrenal glands that controls the body’s stress response, including cortisol secretion. Its activity level reflects how strongly the body’s stress-regulation system is operating. Daily variations in its activity can provide much more nuanced information.
The participants also completed in-home interviews at three-year intervals that assessed their cognitive functioning. Additionally, clinical evaluations of a smaller group of participants explored whether they were developing Alzheimer’s disease. This was done by a neurologist who was not informed about participants’ cognitive assessment scores.
The results showed that participants with middle to high intraday variability in cortisol levels—meaning how much their cortisol levels fluctuated over the course of a single day—had higher cognitive functioning at the start of the study and slower cognitive decline. Participants with the highest intraday variability in cortisol levels also tended to have better cognitive functioning at the start but did not show slower decline. Participants with the highest average cortisol levels tended to show faster cognitive decline compared to those with the lowest levels. Their cognitive function scores at the start of the study tended to be the lowest. People whose cortisol levels stayed relatively high across the day instead of dropping normally, and people who showed the largest overall change in cortisol across the day, had lower cognitive scores at the start of the study than those with the lowest values on these patterns.
These associations did not depend on the race of participants. However, Black participants tended to have lower cortisol levels, smaller daily change, and lower intraday variability in cortisol levels.
“In this cohort study of Black and White older adults, altered diurnal [daily] cortisol patterning was associated with faster cognitive decline but not short-term AD [Alzheimer’s disease] risk. These findings support salivary cortisol as a potential early biomarker of neurocognitive aging,” the study authors concluded.
The study sheds light on the utility of cortisol as a biomarker of cognitive health in older adults. However, the study did not assess the stress levels participants perceived, so it remains unknown how much the variations in cortisol levels reflect reactions to environmental stressors and how much they reflect intrinsic physiological differences or changes in the biochemistry of the body.
The paper, “Salivary Cortisol and Cognitive Decline and Alzheimer Disease in Older Adults,” was authored by Ted K. S. Ng, Todd Beck, Yashwanth Sudhini, Robert S. Wilson, Denis A. Evans, and Kumar B. Rajan.
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DATE: September 21, 2026 at 12:00PM
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-------------------------------------------------TITLE: Daily variations in salivary cortisol may predict cognitive decline in older adults
An analysis of the Chicago Health and Aging Project data found that cortisol level variations may be used to predict cognitive decline in older adults. Longitudinally, individuals with medium to high cortisol intraday variability showed slower cognitive decline whereas individuals with the highest average cortisol levels tended to show faster cognitive decline. The paper was published in JAMA Network Open.
As people grow older, their mental functioning gradually worsens. This is called age-related cognitive decline. Changes are typically seen in memory, processing speed, attention, and executive functioning, although the extent of decline varies considerably between individuals. Chronic stress may contribute to this process by repeatedly activating the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis (the neural mechanism responsible for reactions to stress) and altering the regulation of the stress hormone cortisol.
Cortisol can influence brain regions that are especially important for memory and higher-order cognition, including the hippocampus and prefrontal cortex. Persistently elevated or dysregulated cortisol has therefore been investigated as a possible contributor to poorer cognitive functioning and greater risk of neurodegenerative disease.
Aside from cortisol, other systemic processes, such as inflammation, metabolic dysfunction, and vascular health, may also affect the course of cognitive aging. Because many of the factors shaping these processes are potentially modifiable, age-related cognitive decline is increasingly studied within the broader field of dementia prevention.
Study author Ted K. S. Ng and his colleagues explored daily variations in salivary cortisol in a large and racially diverse group of older adults over an 11-year follow-up period. They chose to test saliva because it specifically measures physiologically active “free” cortisol and avoids the acute stress response caused by needle pricks during blood draws. They examined the associations between these variations and participants’ cognition, Alzheimer’s disease occurrence, and cognitive decline over time.
The study used data from the Chicago Health and Aging Project (CHAP). CHAP is an established population-based longitudinal study of aging and Alzheimer’s disease among community-dwelling older adults on the South Side of Chicago in four Chicago neighborhoods with substantial proportions of Black and White older adults. CHAP data were collected in three-year cycles, starting in 1993, and with later data collection waves conducted up to 2012.
Data used in this analysis came from 3,895 participants who provided saliva samples for the study. To be included in the analysis, they needed to have provided saliva that allowed at least one valid cortisol level assessment. Participants’ average age was 77 years. Sixty-four percent of them were women, and 64 percent were Black. Eighty-three percent of these participants provided three valid saliva samples.
From the cortisol level data derived from saliva samples (cortisol levels from three collection time points), multiple indices of daily variations in hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis (HPA axis) activity were created. The HPA axis is a hormone-regulating system linking the hypothalamus, pituitary gland, and adrenal glands that controls the body’s stress response, including cortisol secretion. Its activity level reflects how strongly the body’s stress-regulation system is operating. Daily variations in its activity can provide much more nuanced information.
The participants also completed in-home interviews at three-year intervals that assessed their cognitive functioning. Additionally, clinical evaluations of a smaller group of participants explored whether they were developing Alzheimer’s disease. This was done by a neurologist who was not informed about participants’ cognitive assessment scores.
The results showed that participants with middle to high intraday variability in cortisol levels—meaning how much their cortisol levels fluctuated over the course of a single day—had higher cognitive functioning at the start of the study and slower cognitive decline. Participants with the highest intraday variability in cortisol levels also tended to have better cognitive functioning at the start but did not show slower decline. Participants with the highest average cortisol levels tended to show faster cognitive decline compared to those with the lowest levels. Their cognitive function scores at the start of the study tended to be the lowest. People whose cortisol levels stayed relatively high across the day instead of dropping normally, and people who showed the largest overall change in cortisol across the day, had lower cognitive scores at the start of the study than those with the lowest values on these patterns.
These associations did not depend on the race of participants. However, Black participants tended to have lower cortisol levels, smaller daily change, and lower intraday variability in cortisol levels.
“In this cohort study of Black and White older adults, altered diurnal [daily] cortisol patterning was associated with faster cognitive decline but not short-term AD [Alzheimer’s disease] risk. These findings support salivary cortisol as a potential early biomarker of neurocognitive aging,” the study authors concluded.
The study sheds light on the utility of cortisol as a biomarker of cognitive health in older adults. However, the study did not assess the stress levels participants perceived, so it remains unknown how much the variations in cortisol levels reflect reactions to environmental stressors and how much they reflect intrinsic physiological differences or changes in the biochemistry of the body.
The paper, “Salivary Cortisol and Cognitive Decline and Alzheimer Disease in Older Adults,” was authored by Ted K. S. Ng, Todd Beck, Yashwanth Sudhini, Robert S. Wilson, Denis A. Evans, and Kumar B. Rajan.
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DATE: September 21, 2026 at 12:00PM
SOURCE: PSYPOST.ORG** Research quality varies widely from fantastic to small exploratory studies. Please check research methods when conclusions are very important to you. **
-------------------------------------------------TITLE: Daily variations in salivary cortisol may predict cognitive decline in older adults
An analysis of the Chicago Health and Aging Project data found that cortisol level variations may be used to predict cognitive decline in older adults. Longitudinally, individuals with medium to high cortisol intraday variability showed slower cognitive decline whereas individuals with the highest average cortisol levels tended to show faster cognitive decline. The paper was published in JAMA Network Open.
As people grow older, their mental functioning gradually worsens. This is called age-related cognitive decline. Changes are typically seen in memory, processing speed, attention, and executive functioning, although the extent of decline varies considerably between individuals. Chronic stress may contribute to this process by repeatedly activating the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis (the neural mechanism responsible for reactions to stress) and altering the regulation of the stress hormone cortisol.
Cortisol can influence brain regions that are especially important for memory and higher-order cognition, including the hippocampus and prefrontal cortex. Persistently elevated or dysregulated cortisol has therefore been investigated as a possible contributor to poorer cognitive functioning and greater risk of neurodegenerative disease.
Aside from cortisol, other systemic processes, such as inflammation, metabolic dysfunction, and vascular health, may also affect the course of cognitive aging. Because many of the factors shaping these processes are potentially modifiable, age-related cognitive decline is increasingly studied within the broader field of dementia prevention.
Study author Ted K. S. Ng and his colleagues explored daily variations in salivary cortisol in a large and racially diverse group of older adults over an 11-year follow-up period. They chose to test saliva because it specifically measures physiologically active “free” cortisol and avoids the acute stress response caused by needle pricks during blood draws. They examined the associations between these variations and participants’ cognition, Alzheimer’s disease occurrence, and cognitive decline over time.
The study used data from the Chicago Health and Aging Project (CHAP). CHAP is an established population-based longitudinal study of aging and Alzheimer’s disease among community-dwelling older adults on the South Side of Chicago in four Chicago neighborhoods with substantial proportions of Black and White older adults. CHAP data were collected in three-year cycles, starting in 1993, and with later data collection waves conducted up to 2012.
Data used in this analysis came from 3,895 participants who provided saliva samples for the study. To be included in the analysis, they needed to have provided saliva that allowed at least one valid cortisol level assessment. Participants’ average age was 77 years. Sixty-four percent of them were women, and 64 percent were Black. Eighty-three percent of these participants provided three valid saliva samples.
From the cortisol level data derived from saliva samples (cortisol levels from three collection time points), multiple indices of daily variations in hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis (HPA axis) activity were created. The HPA axis is a hormone-regulating system linking the hypothalamus, pituitary gland, and adrenal glands that controls the body’s stress response, including cortisol secretion. Its activity level reflects how strongly the body’s stress-regulation system is operating. Daily variations in its activity can provide much more nuanced information.
The participants also completed in-home interviews at three-year intervals that assessed their cognitive functioning. Additionally, clinical evaluations of a smaller group of participants explored whether they were developing Alzheimer’s disease. This was done by a neurologist who was not informed about participants’ cognitive assessment scores.
The results showed that participants with middle to high intraday variability in cortisol levels—meaning how much their cortisol levels fluctuated over the course of a single day—had higher cognitive functioning at the start of the study and slower cognitive decline. Participants with the highest intraday variability in cortisol levels also tended to have better cognitive functioning at the start but did not show slower decline. Participants with the highest average cortisol levels tended to show faster cognitive decline compared to those with the lowest levels. Their cognitive function scores at the start of the study tended to be the lowest. People whose cortisol levels stayed relatively high across the day instead of dropping normally, and people who showed the largest overall change in cortisol across the day, had lower cognitive scores at the start of the study than those with the lowest values on these patterns.
These associations did not depend on the race of participants. However, Black participants tended to have lower cortisol levels, smaller daily change, and lower intraday variability in cortisol levels.
“In this cohort study of Black and White older adults, altered diurnal [daily] cortisol patterning was associated with faster cognitive decline but not short-term AD [Alzheimer’s disease] risk. These findings support salivary cortisol as a potential early biomarker of neurocognitive aging,” the study authors concluded.
The study sheds light on the utility of cortisol as a biomarker of cognitive health in older adults. However, the study did not assess the stress levels participants perceived, so it remains unknown how much the variations in cortisol levels reflect reactions to environmental stressors and how much they reflect intrinsic physiological differences or changes in the biochemistry of the body.
The paper, “Salivary Cortisol and Cognitive Decline and Alzheimer Disease in Older Adults,” was authored by Ted K. S. Ng, Todd Beck, Yashwanth Sudhini, Robert S. Wilson, Denis A. Evans, and Kumar B. Rajan.
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DATE: September 21, 2026 at 08:25AM
SOURCE: SCIENCE DAILY PSYCHOLOGY FEEDTITLE: Scientists create a needle-thin brain implant that can do three jobs at once
URL: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/09/260920222416.htm
A new needle-thin brain implant can record neural activity, deliver drugs, and stimulate multiple brain regions using a single flexible fiber. Successful tests in mice suggest it could give scientists a more precise, less invasive way to study the brain and may eventually help treat neurological disorders such as epilepsy.
URL: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/09/260920222416.htm
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DATE: September 21, 2026 at 08:25AM
SOURCE: SCIENCE DAILY PSYCHOLOGY FEEDTITLE: Scientists create a needle-thin brain implant that can do three jobs at once
URL: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/09/260920222416.htm
A new needle-thin brain implant can record neural activity, deliver drugs, and stimulate multiple brain regions using a single flexible fiber. Successful tests in mice suggest it could give scientists a more precise, less invasive way to study the brain and may eventually help treat neurological disorders such as epilepsy.
URL: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/09/260920222416.htm
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