Women 10% more likely than men to report feeling unsafe on city public transport
A worldwide study of 327,403 metro and bus passengers found that women are ten per cent more likely to feel unsafe than men on urban public transport.
Imperial researchers partner with BBC to test the nation’s intelligence
How clever are you? Can you train yourself to be smarter? And is your reliance on your smartphone making you more stressed or less able to think?
Ayahuasca compound changes brainwaves to vivid ‘waking-dream’ state
Scientists have peered inside the brain to show how taking DMT affects human consciousness by significantly altering the brain’s electrical activity.
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Eco-anxiety and stress relief: Imperial celebrates World Mental Health Day 2019
A podcast on eco-anxiety, community ‘tea and talk’ events, and social support were some of the ways Imperial marked World Mental Health Day.
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Podcast: Painkiller prescriptions, climate wellbeing crisis and race science
In this edition: Investigating UK painkiller prescriptions, how the climate crisis affects mental health and the return of race science.
White matter affects how people respond to brain stimulation therapy
Tiny changes in the microscopic structure of the human brain may affect how patients respond to an emerging therapy for neurological problems.
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Podcast: An unsung hero, digital mental health, and acting on patient feedback
In this edition: We explore Sir Ernst Chain’s role in penicillin, apps tackling mental health, and an algorithm making sense of patient feedback.
Voice-based AI tool could offer clinicians a better way to track depression
A machine learning tool that tracks voice changes could offer a robust way to monitor changes in mood, say founders of medtech venture Affect.AI.
Study uncovers how heavy social media use disrupts girls’ mental health
Frequent, heavy social media use can disrupt activities which promote positive mental health in girls, new research suggests.
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In pictures: How the technology of 2039 could reshape human needs
Academics explored how the technology of the future could reshape our physical and emotional needs last month at Tech Foresight 2039.
