The definition of an optimist:
Someone, like me, who plans to get more done than time permits.
Having failed to achieve the impossible, someone, like me, who is sure everything will somehow get done anyway.
A more classical definition from ...
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According to a 2010 survey, the British public considers the flush toilet to be the ninth greatest invention of all time, just above the combustion engine. Toilet paper, ranked 22nd, wipes the floor with trains, shoes and e-mail, and nappies, at ...
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“I walked into the house, and he was acting strange. I could tell he had done something wrong,” she told me. I pressed for further details.
“His head was down, and he wasn’t making eye contact,” she explained. “Then, I found it. Under ...
Jun 2
GOFundamentally, the term “compassion” means a sensitivity to the presence of suffering in others and in ourselves, coupled with a deep desire to alleviate that suffering. As we will see, the experience of compassion is essential to our ...
Jun 2
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Many of us hate hearing the word “No.” And many of us don’t like saying it either. You might be especially uncomfortable with saying no to your partner. Often people think that going along with their partner’s requests will be good for their ...
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'It's a myth that they are bowls of misery, unhappy with their lot, and always going on about ailments.'
Professor Tom Kirkwood has demolished a string of misconceptions about the ageing process with a groundbreaking study into the health of more ...
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I knew I’d gone over to the dark side when my husband asked me to stop texting during dinner. I was just answering my daughter’s text message. He actually seemed somewhat annoyed, and I realized I had gotten snagged into the mindlessness of ...
Jun 1
GOOverweight women may never escape the painful stigma of obesity – even after they have shed the pounds, new research suggests. The study, by the University of Hawaii at Mānoa, The University of Manchester, and Monash University, examined ...
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This is the first of a series of blog postings related to my own series of research studies (my doctoral research at Saybrook University) of people who have made full and lasting medication-free recoveries after being diagnosed with schizophrenia ...
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You don’t need to have the looks of Brad Pitt, the sense of humor of Louis CK or the style of Marc Jacobs to be naturally self-confident! In fact, with a little extra effort, it’s possible to develop the unflappable sense of self-esteem ...
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Psychotherapy, like other forms of treatment, doesn't work for everyone and there would be huge advantages to knowing in advance who's likely to benefit. In the case of drugs, there's a thriving research field - pharmacogenetics - looking at whether ...
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ometimes games have a lot to teach us about human nature, other times they're just games.
One game that some economists and psychologists claim has much to teach us is called The Ultimatum Game.
The game is very simple. It's played between two ...
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Early humans became monogomous because women evolved to prefer reliable providers over macho alpha males, a study has found.
While physically imposing men hold a certain appeal, women long ago evolved to value qualities like loyalty and ...
May 30
GOFor millions of its Western users, the picture they choose to illustrate themselves on Facebook is an important decision to make. They know it can be the first impression that anyone in the world receives of them, so they're often deeply conscious ...
May 30
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Once you pop the top of a tube of potato chips, it can be hard to stop munching its contents. But Cornell researchers may have found a novel way to help: Add edible serving size markers that act as subconscious stop signs.
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