FRONTIERS Recreational running offers a lot of physical and mental health benefits – but some people can develop exercise dependence, a form of addiction to physical activity which can cause health issues. Shockingly, signs of exercise dependence are common even in recreational runners. A study published in Frontiers in Psychology investigated whether the concept of escapism can help us understand the...
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Robots can be used to assess children’s mental wellbeing, study suggests
Robots can be better at detecting mental wellbeing issues in children than parent-reported or self-reported testing, a new study suggests. A team of roboticists, computer scientists, and psychiatrists from the University of Cambridge conducted a study with 28 children between the ages of eight and 13 and had a child-sized humanoid robot administer a series...