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• For Young People with Schizophrenia, Exercise Offers Hope

  10-04-2016 18:44 via feeds.socialpsychology.org
  Source: ScienceDailyResearchers have found a promising way to tackle the cognitive deficits associated with schizophrenia. When combined with antipsychotic medication, a rigorous regime of mental and physical exercise can repair what is the most debilitating aspect of the mental illness: deficits in memory, problem solving, speed of processing and social intelligence. More than anything, these deficits are what tend to result in individuals with schizophrenia...
  
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• U.S. Businesses Take Stand Against States' Anti-LGBT Laws

  10-04-2016 18:43 via feeds.socialpsychology.org
  
  Source: The GuardianPayPal and Bank of America among companies voicing opposition to Mississippi and North Carolina laws, as states learn there’s money in progressive values. Mississippi goddam, as Nina Simone once sang. You really know how to tick people off. The southern state has come a long way since it led the fight to maintain racial segregation. But this week it decided to take a new stand – against the LGBT community. Opponents of the anti-LGBT effort...
  
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• Smartphone Assistant Now Offers Help If You Say "I Was Raped"

  10-04-2016 18:43 via feeds.socialpsychology.org
  
  Source: USA Today - TechnologyAfter a new study was released showing smartphone assistants weren't really assisting people with real-life sexual assault and mental health questions, Apple responded with an update to Siri. Sean Dowling (@seandowlingtv) has more.            .
  
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• Gender Equality Could Add Trillions to U.S. Economy, Study Reports

  10-04-2016 18:42 via feeds.socialpsychology.org
  
  Source: BBC News - AmericasGender equality in the workplace could add $4.3 trillion (£3 trillion) to the US economy by 2025, a study has found.
  
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• Climate Change Threatens Hearts, Lungs, and Brains

  10-04-2016 18:42 via feeds.socialpsychology.org
  Source: Yahoo News - HealthClimate change can be expected to boost the number of annual premature U.S. deaths from heat waves in coming decades and to increase mental health problems from extreme weather like hurricanes and floods, a U.S. study said on Monday. "I don't know that we've seen something like this before, where we have a force that has such a multitude of effects," Surgeon General Vivek Murthy told reporters at the White House about the study. "There's not one...
  
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• How Money Might Actually Buy Happiness

  10-04-2016 18:22 via feeds.socialpsychology.org
  Source: Yahoo News - ScienceMoney really can buy happiness — if you buy things that "match" your personality, a new study from the United Kingdom suggests.
  
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• "Deportations to Begin," Warns Mock Front Page of Boston Globe

  10-04-2016 18:22 via feeds.socialpsychology.org
  
  Source: Social Psychology Network NewsBoston Globe paints a depressing picture of what the nation, and the world, could face in the event of a Trump presidency.
  
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• This Negative Facial Expression Is Universal

  10-04-2016 18:21 via feeds.socialpsychology.org
  
  Source: Yahoo News - ScienceThe facial expression indicating disagreement is universal, researchers say. A furrowed brow, lifted chin and pressed-together lips — a mix of anger, disgust and contempt — are used to show negative moral judgment among speakers of English, Spanish, Mandarin and American Sign Language (ASL), according to a new study published in the May issue of the journal Cognition. In ASL, speakers sometimes use this "not face" alone, without any other...
  
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• Anti-Smoking Campaign Still Paying Off, Reports CDC

  10-04-2016 18:21 via feeds.socialpsychology.org
  Source: U.S. News and World ReportMore than 1.8 million Americans tried to quit smoking in 2014 as a result of a federal anti-smoking ad campaign and 104,000 quit for good, a U.S. government survey found.
  
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• Facing Emotional Challenges? Try Aerobic Exercise, Suggests Study

  10-04-2016 16:53 via feeds.socialpsychology.org
  Source: ScienceDailyWe’re all aware of the physical advantages of exercising and the emotional advantages have also been well-documented. But how much do we know about the psychological impact of engaging in physical activity? This study demonstrates the positive impact of acute aerobic exercise on individuals experiencing emotion regulation difficulties.
  
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• Is Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Finally Being Taken Seriously?

  10-04-2016 12:48 via feeds.socialpsychology.org
  
  Source: The GuardianOnce dismissed by many doctors as a psychological illness, new research suggests CFS has its roots in infection – and there is hope of successful treatment. Jose Montoya was a trainee doctor when his supervisor told him that if he continued specialising in treating chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), he would end up homeless. “About 15 years ago, I started working with 10 patients who’d had their lives devastated by this illness,” says...
  
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• Young Muslim Women Take Lead Over Men in Race for Degrees

  10-04-2016 12:46 via feeds.socialpsychology.org
  
  Source: The GuardianA “new and remarkable” cultural shift will be revealed this week to the British Sociological Association annual conference, when it hears evidence that more young Muslim women have been gaining degrees at British universities than Muslim men, even though they have been under-represented for decades.
  
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• Canvassing Conversations Reduce Transgender Bias

  10-04-2016 12:46 via feeds.socialpsychology.org
  Source: ScienceDailyResearchers report that volunteer canvassers -- both transgender and not -- reduced voters' prejudice against transgender people. Last year the researchers triggered fierce debate about the need for transparency in social science research when they raised doubts about a now-retracted study of the Los Angeles LGBT Center's door-to-door canvassing on gay marriage by other researchers that appeared in Science. They discovered irregularities in that...
  
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• Pediatricians Vary Widely in Diagnosing ADHD, Depression

  10-04-2016 12:45 via feeds.socialpsychology.org
  Source: U.S. News and World Report5 years of data show 15 percent of kids diagnosed with mental health condition; most prescribed drugs.
  
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• Mindfulness Training May Ease PTSD

  10-04-2016 12:45 via feeds.socialpsychology.org
  Source: U.S. News and World ReportMindfulness training can trigger brain changes that help veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) manage disturbing memories and thoughts, according to a new study of war veterans.
  
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• Who’s really in your head?

  10-04-2016 07:00
  
  Don’t let negative thoughts control your self-image. It’s your actions that really define you, says Susan DavidRoger Waters of Pink Floyd called it “the lunatic in my head”. He was describing the endless stream of internal thoughts and sensations – the inner voice – that we try to weave into a coherent story called “my life”. The trouble is, this chattering narrator often gets things wrong, mixing biased reporting with snap judgments and old insecu
  
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• Are you a natural-born salesperson?

  10-04-2016 07:00
  
  It takes a special kind of person to close the deal. Take this simple test to find out if you have what selling needsDo you have the personality of a successful salesperson? To find out, answer the four questions below, with marks of 1 for strongly disagree through to 7 for strongly agree. Then add up your scores:1) I am the life of the party Continue reading...
  
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