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Social networks influence health behaviors: study (w/ Video)
Scientists have long thought that social networks, which features many distant connections, or "long ties," produces large-scale changes most quickly. But in a new study, Damon Centola, an assistant ...
24 hours ago from PhysOrg
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Verbal snippets offer insights on well-being amid separation, divorce
A new study from the University of Arizona shows that people in the midst of a divorce typically reveal how they are handling things - not so much by what they say but how they say it.
4 hours ago from PhysOrg
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New research project offers insight into superstitious behavior
People who believe that fate and chance control their lives are more likely to be superstitious -- but when faced with death they are likely to abandon superstition altogether, according to ...
Thu 2 Sep 10 from PhysOrg
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Study of 9/11's Emotional Response Charts Anxiety, Anger
A new paper in Psychological Science has provided a fever chart of how the emotions of Americans as a whole rose and fell in the course of that singular day
8 hours ago from TIME
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Mindfulness meditation increases well-being in adolescent boys
'Mindfulness', the process of learning to become more aware of our ongoing experiences, increases well-being in adolescent boys, a new study reports.
Wed 1 Sep 10 from PhysOrg
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Sleep deprivation triples risk of mental illness
New research suggests young people getting less than five hours sleep per night are tripling their chances of developing a mental illness.
Wed 1 Sep 10 from ABC Science
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Infant's gaze may be an early, but subtle, marker for autism risk
Kennedy Krieger Institute announced today new study results showing an early marker for later communication and social delays in infants at a higher-risk for autism may be infrequent gazing ...
Wed 1 Sep 10 from PhysOrg
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A single interaction affects the way a child seeks information, study finds
Seven-year-old children only need to interact with a person once to learn who to trust and seek information from, according to a study by Queen's University researchers.
Wed 1 Sep 10 from PhysOrg
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The Victor Meldrew effect: a good moan makes elderly feel better
The Victor Meldrews of this world enjoy complaining about the young - as it boosts their self-esteem, new research suggests.
Tue 31 Aug 10 from Telegraph.co.uk
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Research on resting brains finds there's a lot going on even when 'idle'
The resting brain is anything but idle -- that simple proposition would be clear if you could peer into Mike Mrazek's noggin as he putters around his kitchen preparing his daily morning feast ...
4 hours ago from PhysOrg
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