Does what goes around come around? Do you get what's coming to you? Do you reap what you sow? Children are often heard to whine to their parents: "But that's not fair!" and their agitated parents reply: "Tough, life's not fair." With age you hear people express less and less surprise at ...
Date Posted: June 16, 2012
GONormally, male California mice are surprisingly doting fathers, but new research published in the journal Physiological and Biochemical Zoology suggests that high anxiety can turn these good dads bad. Unlike most rodents, male and female ...
Jun 16
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When a relationship is going wrong, it is comforting to dwell on positive memories of an ex.
Research found increased longing for ex-partners predicted declines in relationship quality, but only when focused on one’s most recent ex-partner. ...
Jun 15
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A bat and ball cost a dollar and ten cents. The bat costs a dollar more than the ball. How much does the ball cost?
The vast majority of people respond quickly and confidently, insisting the ball costs ten cents. This answer is both obvious and ...
Jun 15
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What if there were a pill that would make you want to exercise harder? It may sound strange, but a new research report appearing online in The FASEB Journal suggests that it might be possible. That's because a team of Swiss researchers found that ...
Jun 15
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It sounds cliché, but you really only do have once chance to make a first impression. And although you might be sick to death of hearing your parents spout this platitude, the reality is that your network and connections can make or break you in ...
Jun 14
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What do you believe about the effects of exercise and depression – and why do you believe it? Are you personally unenthusiastic about exercising, or are you closer to religious fervor about it?
These are critical questions. Because it doesn’t ...
Jun 14
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I’ve scanned the literature and so far I haven’t found the name for a bias that deserves one. So I’ll tentatively call it Counselor Bias: It’s the impression that we’re calm reasonable people, gained by giving calm reasoned counsel to ...
Jun 14
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The poem “Maud Muller” by John Greenleaf Whittier aptly ends with the line, “For of all sad words of tongue or pen, The saddest are these: ‘It might have been!’” What if you had gone for the risky investment that you later found out made ...
Jun 13
GOThe extent to which our development is affected by nature or nurture – our genetic make-up or our environment – may differ depending on where we live, according to research funded by the Medical Research Council and the Wellcome Trust. In a ...
Jun 13
GOAdolescence is when most of us decide to hide the part of ourselves we’re most ashamed of—what Jung called The Shadow. In every adolescent there is a powerful drive to fit in, to conform to the norms of a peer group. In order to do this, the ...
Jun 13
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We all know about the destructive forces that envy can unleash because it's a hostile emotion that often prompts aggressive behaviors. Its antagonistic nature is exemplified by the many publicized crimes and intergroup conflicts attributed to it; ...
Jun 12
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Cognitive therapy is about changing twisted thinking.There are common errors we make on a regular basis that get us in to trouble in conversations with others.Because every one of us perceives differently, we tend to get hung up on “the ...
Jun 12
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Out of control competitive aggression could be a result of a lagging neurotransmitter called dopamine, say researchers presenting a study at the Society of Nuclear Medicine's 2012 Annual Meeting. During a computer game against a putative cheating ...
Jun 12
GONew research from the University of Warwick suggests getting more money may not make you happier, especially if you are neurotic. In a working paper, economist Dr Eugenio Proto, from the Centre for Competitive Advantage in the Global Economy ...
Jun 11
GONew research suggests that testosterone may make us more aggressive without us consciously feeling any aggression. Testosterone has a lot of roles—some good, some perhaps counterproductive. Now research suggests that testosterone can make people ...
Jun 11
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