Jonathan Haverkampf

Studies have demonstrated that social support can protect against poor mental health. However, the investigators in this study found that problematic social media use was significantly associated with decreased real-life social support and increased social support on social media. Real-life social support was associated with reduced depression, anxiety, and social isolation, while social support on […]

Investigators have found support for the hypothesis that the anterior insular cortex region in the brain regulates brain network transitions that gate conscious access. https://www.cell.com/cell-reports/fulltext/S2211-1247(21)00414-9

Investigators found that prosocial values became more important after completing tasks that made children salient compared to tasks that made adults (or a mundane event) salient or compared to a no-task baseline. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/19485506211007605