Less parental warmth and more harshness in the home environment affect how aggressive children become and whether they lack empathy and a moral compass, a set of characteristics known as callous-unemotional (CU) traits, according to findings from the University of Pennsylvania, the University of Michigan, and Michigan State University. The work was published in the Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. Continue reading “How parenting affects antisocial behaviors in children”
Altruism can be trained
Psychologists from the University of Würzburg and the Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences in Leipzig have now published the results of a longitudinal study that investigated the influence of various mental trainings on prosocial behaviour over several months. Continue reading “Altruism can be trained”
Depression: The “silent epidemic”
By the Rev.Metropolitan Hierotheos of Nafpaktos & Saint Vlassios
With this title of “Silent Epidemic” a weekly newspaper with a large circulation spoke of the disease of our time, which is none other than depression. Continue reading “Depression: The “silent epidemic””
Personal responsibility in spiritual life
by Fr Spiridon Skoutis
In matters pertaining to our spiritual life, responsibility is 100% personal. This responsibility cannot be transferred or exchanged; we can however renounce it. Continue reading “Personal responsibility in spiritual life”
Primeval population movements and Paleoclimatology (Part II) – Pindar
Here we present and analyze an excerpt from Pindar, the lyric poet. Continue reading “Primeval population movements and Paleoclimatology (Part II) – Pindar”
Primeval population movements and Paleoclimatology – Pindar
Here we present and analyze an excerpt from Pindar, the lyric poet. Continue reading “Primeval population movements and Paleoclimatology – Pindar”
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