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• John Cacioppo: ‘Loneliness is like an iceberg – it goes deeper than we can see’

  28-02-2016 09:00
  
  Loneliness is contagious, heritable, affects one in four people – and increases the chances of early death by 20% – says US social neuroscientist John Cacioppo. The good news? He thinks it can be treated…Extract: The Lonely City: Adventures in the Art of Being Alone by Olivia LaingFirst person: what people say about being aloneProfessor John Cacioppo has been studying the effects and causes of loneliness for 21 years. He is the director of the University of Chicago’s Cen
  
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• Why being wrong really hurts

  28-02-2016 07:00
  
  When we are criticised it hurts our feelings, but the pain goes much deeper than that, says Paul Randolph
  Why do sensible and rational people seem to lose the ability to act sensibly and rationally when they are in conflict? What makes some families tear themselves apart in a variety of squabbles which to outsiders may seem petty but which result in family members not speaking to each other for years? What drives neighbours to blight their daily lives with unpleasant, bitter and confrontational
  
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• Are you a daydreamer?

  28-02-2016 07:00
  
  Focused or fanciful? Take this test to find out what you areHow good are you at relaxing? Look at the shapes above. You can choose to ignore the shapes, as you will not be tested on them. All you have to do is look at them for around 30 seconds and try to relax.What were you thinking about just now?Continue reading...
  
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