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Outpatient palliative care can improve survival duration as well as quality of life in advanced cancer patients, according to a Tulane University study published in the Annals of Behavioral Medicine.
Palliative care focuses on helping patients manage their symptoms and cope with their illness…
Men who are neurotic or introverted are more likely to be distressed after their prostate cancer diagnosis, according to a new study by researchers at Tulane University.
The findings suggest those personality traits are important factors in how men responded to the bad health news. The results of…
Parents give lots of advice: “Look both ways before you cross the street,” for example, or “Don’t run with scissors.”
These old sayings are more than just clichés. They can be considered examples of a certain type of individual perspective, one that portrays our world as a dangerous place — a…
The American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP) has selected Tulane child psychiatry professor Dr. Stacy Drury to receive the 2018 Norbert and Charlotte Rieger Award for Outstanding Scientific Achievement.
The award recognizes the most significant paper published in the Journal of…
A newly published paper co-authored by Julie Markant, assistant professor in the School of Science and Engineering, proposes a new theoretical model to examine the ways infants learn and retain information.
The paper, “Attention and Perceptual Learning Interact in the Development of the Other-Race…
A Tulane University researcher is studying why males have more impulse-control issues than females, with the ultimate goal of developing more effective preventative and treatment strategies.
Psychology and neuroscience professor Jill Daniel, director of the Tulane Brain Institute, received a two-…
Two Tulane scientists and a graduate student are among 40 national winners of the 2017 Inspiring Leaders in STEM Award, which honors professionals from underrepresented groups who have made a difference in the fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM).
The winners –…
Studies have long shown that girls are less likely than boys to be interested in math and science, but new research by Tulane University researchers published in the journal Social Psychological and Personality Science suggests that matching girls with female role models could dramatically…
Julie Markant, PHD featured on FOX 8 to discuss the new infant brain development study
https://www.fox8live.com/video/2023/12/19/tulane-launches-infant-brain-development-study/
Drs. Baker and Overstreet featured in the APA Monitor:
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