The psychology behind growth faltering

Timing of growth faltering in rural Malawi.

AIM To determine the timing of growth faltering among under 3 year old children. METHODS Prospective population based cohort study in Lungwena, rural Malawi, southeast Africa. A total of 767 live born babies were regularly visited from birth until 3 years of age. Weight, height, and mid upper arm circumference were measured at monthly intervals until 18 months and at three month intervals the...

Drivers of Growth Faltering in Children

— Growth faltering describes a widespread phenomenon that height and weight-for-age of children in developing countries collapse rapidly in the first two years of life. We study the demographic and socio-economic drivers behind growth faltering using Demographic and Health Surveys from 56 developing countries. Applying non-parametric techniques and exploiting within mother variation, we find th...

The Psychology behind People's Decision to Forward Disaster-Related Tweets

During a disaster, information spreads through social media. Although information that can save lives exists in social media, it can be difficult to find because it is buried under a sea of unverified information. One challenge in improving the use of social media for disaster management is to facilitate the spread of actionable information that improves people’s well-being and at the same time...

The Science and Psychology Behind Music and Emotion

Music has been used for thousands of years as a means of emotional expression. The goals of this paper are to (a) review current literature on how music induces emotion (b) explore the mechanisms of how this happens both physiologically and psychologically and (c) to look at the role of desired effect and musical preference to move towards a general conclusion of what drives listeners’ musical ...

Understanding the psychology behind performance - enhancement by doping