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• 'False hope syndrome': why we'll quit our New Year's resolutions this weekend | Juli Fraga

  08-01-2016 17:15
  
  There’s a scientific reason why resolutions are broken – we need to understand that in order to be smarter about making goals for ourselves
  The promise of starting anew in January gives us all hope to try to be better versions of ourselves. However, 25% of us who made resolutions lose steam just seven days later – right about now. If that’s you, then you should know there is no harm in adjusting your goals. It’s better than not meeting them at all.It turns out that
  
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• Zoning out or deep thinking?

  08-01-2016 17:00
  
  Everyone has at least a few non-negotiable values. These are the things that, no matter what the circumstance, you'd never compromise for any reason - such as "I'd never hurt a child," or "I'm...
  
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• Valuing your time more than money is linked to happiness

  08-01-2016 17:00
  
  Valuing your time more than the pursuit of money is linked to greater happiness, according to new research published by the Society for Personality and Social Psychology.
  
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• Cellular 'switch' helps brain distinguish safety from danger, new study finds

  08-01-2016 17:00
  
  Researchers at Columbia University's Mortimer B. Zuckerman Mind Brain Behavior Institute and the Department of Neuroscience at Columbia University Medical Center (CUMC) have identified a cellular...
  
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• ASMR: is there any scientific research behind 'head orgasms'? | Pete Etchells

  08-01-2016 16:50
  
  Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response is the technical term for what some call ‘head orgasms’, or ‘brain tingles’. But what does the research say about it?Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response, or ASMR, is a curious phenomenon. Those who experience it often characterise it as a tingling sensation in the back of the head or neck, or another part of the body, in response to some sort of sensory stimulus. That stimulus could be anything, but over the past few years, a subcultu
  
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• ASMR and 'head orgasms': what's the science behind it? | Pete Etchells

  08-01-2016 16:50
  
  Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response is the technical term for what some call ‘head orgasms’, or ‘brain tingles’. But what does the research say about it?Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response, or ASMR, is a curious phenomenon. Those who experience it often characterise it as a tingling sensation in the back of the head or neck, or another part of the body, in response to some sort of sensory stimulus. That stimulus could be anything, but over the past few years, a subcultu
  
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• Religious beliefs don't always lead to violence

  08-01-2016 16:00
  
  From the Christian Crusades to the Paris attacks, countless conflicts and acts of violence have been claimed to be the result of differing religious beliefs.
  
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• New technology provides insights into social networks and health of students

  08-01-2016 14:00
  
  Cellphones, any parent can attest, play a central role in the lives of college students.
  
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• Psychotherapy Offers Long-Term Benefit for Irritable Bowel Sufferers

  08-01-2016 13:35 via feeds.socialpsychology.org
  Source: ScienceDailyThe beneficial effects of using psychological therapy to treat the symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome are not only short term but are also long lasting, a new meta-analysis has found.
  
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• Is There Any Scientific Research Behind "Head Orgasms"?

  08-01-2016 13:35 via feeds.socialpsychology.org
  
  Source: The GuardianAutonomous Sensory Meridian Response is the technical term for what some call ‘head orgasms’, or ‘brain tingles’. But what does the research say about it? Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response , or ASMR, is a curious phenomenon. Those who experience it often characterise it as a tingling sensation in the back of the head or neck, or another part of the body, in response to some sort of sensory stimulus. That stimulus could be anything,...
  
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• More Young People Report Same-Sex Attractions

  08-01-2016 13:34 via feeds.socialpsychology.org
  
  Source: Yahoo News - ScienceMore and more young men and women in the U.S. report having some attraction to members of the same sex, according to new national survey data.
  
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• More Young Americans Than Ever Report Same-Sex Attraction

  08-01-2016 13:34 via feeds.socialpsychology.org
  
  Source: Yahoo News - ScienceMore and more young men and women in the U.S. report having some attraction to members of the same sex, according to new national survey data.
  
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• Infertility Treatment "Does Not Affect Offspring's Early Development"

  08-01-2016 13:34 via feeds.socialpsychology.org
  
  Source: Medical News TodayIn a new study, researchers found no difference in the risk of early developmental disabilities between children conceived through infertility treatment and those who were not.
  
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• France Upholds Law Singling Out Holocaust-Denial As Crime

  08-01-2016 13:28 via feeds.socialpsychology.org
  Source: U.S. News and World ReportA French high court has upheld the law singling out Holocaust denial as a crime, ruling that the World War II genocide is of a "different nature" than other crimes against humanity.
  
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• Risk taking across life span: the effects of hardship

  08-01-2016 13:00
  
  With increasing age, the propensity to take physical, social, legal or financial risks decreases.
  
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• Negotiation tip: Gain sympathy and gain the advantage

  08-01-2016 12:00
  
  Is sympathy considered a sign of weakness or is there a place for sympathy in negotiations?
  
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• Lead exposure linked to ADHD in kids with genetic mutation

  08-01-2016 12:00
  
  Exposure to small amounts of lead may contribute to ADHD symptoms in children who have a particular gene mutation, according to new research published in Psychological Science, a journal of the...
  
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• Exercise DVDs could be psychologically harmful for users, new OSU research shows

  08-01-2016 12:00
  
  Using fitness DVDs to work out at home may seem like a good way to get started on new exercise goals this year, but those DVDs may also include negative imagery and demotivating language.
  
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• Agony and ecstasy: the war veterans trying MDMA treatment

  08-01-2016 11:27
  
  Psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy for PTSD is the subject of Give Me Your Love. Devising the show took our company Ridiculusmus on a journey of discovery – and left me inside a cardboard box on stage
  How do you depict therapy on stage? The aim of such treatment is to diffuse tension, but as a dramatist one wants to create it. In 2014, David Woods and I researched a new treatment approach for psychosis which we explored in our show The Eradication of Schizophrenia in Western Lapland. We ha
  
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• Modern office environment makes most people uncomfortable

  08-01-2016 09:00
  
  Personality has a big impact on the type of office environment people prefer to work in.
  
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• Best crisis managers are not what you would expect

  08-01-2016 09:00
  
  The most effective crisis managers show strong preferences for variety at work and keep their cool when operating outside of their comfort zones.
  
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• Kids Born Through IVF Show No Higher Risk of Developmental Delays

  08-01-2016 08:30 via feeds.socialpsychology.org
  Source: U.S. News and World ReportPreschoolers who were conceived through fertility treatments don't seem to have any special risk of developmental delays, a new study suggests. The researchers said the findings, published online Jan. 4 in the journal JAMA Pediatrics, should be reassuring to the growing number of U.S. couples seeking help with infertility.
  
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• Empowering Portraits of Domestic Violence Survivors

  08-01-2016 08:30 via feeds.socialpsychology.org
  
  Source: The GuardianChantal Barlow’s grandmother was shot dead by her grandfather in a drunken rampage in 1975. Now, the artist is using her camera to take photographs of 36 domestic violence survivors – one for every year of her grandmother’s life Warning: readers may find the following content distressing A woman with curly silver hair and gleaming white teeth smiles effortlessly for the camera. The word LOVE is spelt out across her T-shirt. Below her, it...
  
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• Cortisol Levels in Children's Hair May Reveal Future Mental Health Risk

  08-01-2016 08:30 via feeds.socialpsychology.org
  
  Source: The GuardianHair samples may help determine the risk of a child developing mental and other chronic illnesses later in their life, research led by the University of Melbourne has found.
  
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• Affluenza: "Disease" That Plagues the Wealthy and Privileged

  08-01-2016 08:30 via feeds.socialpsychology.org
  
  Source: The GuardianThe case of infamous ‘affluenza teen’ Ethan Couch has reignited incredulity toward money-borne illness. But is it about more than being spoiled brat? Among the workshops listed on the website of Jessie H O’Neill, a psychologist and granddaughter of a one-time General Motors president...
  
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• 'Window of recovery' can reopen after stroke

  08-01-2016 00:49
  Using mice whose front paws were still partly disabled after an initial induced stroke, researchers report that inducing a second stroke nearby in their brains let them 'rehab' the animals to successfully grab food pellets with those paws at pre-stroke efficiency.
  
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