People differ in their sleep timings that are often referred to as a chronotype and can be operationalized as mid-sleep (midpoint between sleep onset and wake-up). The aims of the present studies were to examine intraindividual variability and longer-term temporal stability of mid-sleep on free and workdays, while also considering the effect of age.
…Obstetric factors have long been recognised as risk factors for the later development of poor mental health.
…Exposure to neurodevelopmental adversity and childhood trauma are both independently associated with psychosis.
…Listen to Dieter Wolke talk about ‘The Importance of Effective Follow-Up of Preterm Babies’ (starts at 55:12) at the Introduction of the Standards of Care for newborn Health: World Prematurity Day 2020 webinar.
Crying represents a powerful signal for human newborns. How parents should respond has been a matter of debate, with some urging prompt responding and others expressing concern about spoiling.
…Congratulations to Vanessa Moutinho, PhD student at CiPsi Research Unit, University of Minho who won the Award for Best International Research for the poster regarding the “Relation between maternal interactive behavior and preterm infant’s stress system regulation” which was presented at the 6th International Congress of Clinical and Health Psychology in Children and Adolescents (AITANA).…
Premature-born adults exhibit lasting white matter alterations as demonstrated by widespread reduction in fractional anisotropy (FA) based on diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI).
…University of Warwick’s Department of Psychology celebrates Professor Dieter Wolke who has been named on the annual Highly Cited Researchers™ 2020 list from Clarivate for the third year running #HighlyCited2020 @Clarivate @WebofScience. See Dieter’s list of citations here
…Abstract. Objective: Bullying has both short- and long-term effects on physical and mental health.
…Of all newborns, 1%‐2% are born very preterm (VP; <32 weeks) or with very low birthweight (VLBW; ≤1500 g). Advances in prenatal and neonatal care have substantially improved their survival, and the first generations who have benefited from these advances are now entering middle age.
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