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• Taking photos can make a good experience better

  03-07-2016 19:20 via bostonglobe.com
  
  According to the results of a five-year study, taking photos can actually enhance the enhance the enjoyment of positive experiences.
  
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• Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Linked to Biological Markers

  03-07-2016 18:53 via feeds.socialpsychology.org
  
  Source: Psych CentralEmerging research discovers chronic fatigue syndrome has physical rather than mental roots. Until now, physicians have been unable to pinpoint the origin for chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) or link the […].
  
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• Can a Baby's Motor Skills Predict Cognitive Development?

  03-07-2016 18:53 via feeds.socialpsychology.org
  
  Source: CNN - HealthNew research links a baby's motor milestones with cognitive development later in life. "Our findings are consistent with those of longitudinal studies performed a few decades ago, showing that the age a child achieved major milestones of standing or walking were predictors of later child performance in memory," said Akhgar Ghassabian, a postdoctoral fellow at the National Institutes of Health and lead author of the study.
  
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• Report Ranks 190 Countries on Human Trafficking

  03-07-2016 18:51 via feeds.socialpsychology.org
  
  Source: CNN - WorldMyanmar, Sudan and Haiti are currently among the worst offenders for human trafficking, according to a new report published today by the U.S. State Department.
  
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• Lesbians, Bisexuals, and Gay Men Face Greater Health Risks

  03-07-2016 18:51 via feeds.socialpsychology.org
  
  Source: Yahoo News - Top HeadlinesBisexual, gay and lesbian adults are more likely to experience psychological distress and engage in unhealthy behaviors, possibly as a result of being the target of discrimination, according to a study published Monday. The study in the US medical journal JAMA Internal Medicine analyzed the results of the 2013 and 2014 National Health Interview Survey, which for the first time included a question on sexual orientation. "Findings from our...
  
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• It’s a pain to spend more money but it works

  03-07-2016 11:00
  
  An advert for Nurofen Joint and Back has been banned for misleading customers – but what if reassuringly expensive branding is all part of the cure?A victory for truth or a victory for pain? That’s the question everyone’s asking in Britain this week. I’m talking about Nurofen, of course. The Advertising Standards Authority has just banned one of the company’s TV adverts for implying that Nurofen Joint and Back capsules really know their way around a woman’s bo
  
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• How to avoid the ‘Don’t miss!’ mindset

  03-07-2016 07:00
  
  Telling people what not to do is a good way to make them do it. It’s best to focus on positives, says Dave AlredLanguage can influence and reframe your perception of what you experience. Take a very simple example: are you a glass-half-full or a glass-half-empty type? The common attitude is that to see the glass half-full is more positive than seeing it half-empty. To put it another way, half-full is what you have got and half-empty is what you are missing. Reframing is simply taking a sit
  
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• What’s the connection between your weight and your personality?

  03-07-2016 06:59
  
  Interestingly, personality traits may have some bearing on your physiqueIs your personality making you fat? Given that, all around the world, obesity is – quite literally – a growing problem, researchers have begun to explore the personality traits associated with whether someone is underweight, normal weight, overweight or obese, and people’s perceptions of their weight – which can be very different. To measure your own personality, rate from 1 (disagree strongly) to 7 (
  
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• Why am I always blushing?

  03-07-2016 01:05
  
  Whether she’s lying or laughing or meeting new people, Bella Bathurst can’t help feeling embarrassed. Here she investigates the lengths people go to in order to hide their shameIt was the school leaving party after A Levels, someone’s parents’ house, a warm summer night. Three hours in, we’d finished off the beer and moved on to the stuff at the back of the drinks cabinet. God knows what was in there – Cointreau, Drambuie, WD40 – but so far neither the m
  
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