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• Study Suggests How to Overcome Life's Regrets

  05-07-2016 18:37 via feeds.socialpsychology.org
  Source: Yahoo News - ScienceThe people in the study who practiced self-compassion, or being kind to oneself, were more likely to overcome regrets than the people who did not do so, according to the study, published in February in the journal Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin. Although regrets are often painful, previous studies have suggested that some people can overcome them and feel stronger afterward, said Jia Wei Zhang, a graduate student in psychology at the...
  
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• Multisymptom Illness Still Plagues Gulf War Vets

  05-07-2016 18:37 via feeds.socialpsychology.org
  
  Source: Psych CentralAmerican veterans who served in the 1990-1991 Gulf War continue to face higher rates of chronic and mysterious mental and physical ailments, compared to veterans of other recent wars in […].
  
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• Fido Forever? South Korea's Dog Cloning Clinic

  05-07-2016 18:37 via feeds.socialpsychology.org
  
  Source: Yahoo News - Top HeadlinesAt $100,000 a head, the puppies frolicking around the fenced lawn in western Seoul don't come cheap -- but at least their owners know exactly what they are getting. The lawn belongs to the Sooam Biotech Research Foundation, a world leader in pet cloning that has run a thriving commercial business over the past decade catering to dog owners who want to live with their pets forever ... literally.
  
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• Christian Dating Site Must Include Same-Sex Matches, Judge Rules

  05-07-2016 18:37 via feeds.socialpsychology.org
  
  Source: Canadian Broadcasting Company - Top Stories NewsGod-loving gay singles have won the right to mingle on the world's most popular Christian dating site — and every other faith-based matchmaking network owned by its parent company, following a California court ruling. Spark Networks, which owns ChristianMingle, JDate, and LDSSingles.com ("the largest dating site by Mormons for Mormons"), first came under legal fire in 2013 after two gay men noticed that new members could only search f
  
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• Canada Wrestling with Development of Gender-Neutral IDs

  05-07-2016 18:37 via feeds.socialpsychology.org
  
  Source: Globe and Mail -NationalTrudeau spokesman Cameron Ahmed said the issue of gender-neutral identity documents is being wrapped up in the government’s new transgender rights bill introduced in May.
  
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• New study examines Freud's theory of hysteria

  05-07-2016 18:00
  
  New research from King's College London has studied the controversial Freudian theory that Hysteria, a disorder resulting in severe neurological symptoms such as paralysis or seizures, arises in...
  
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• No association found between contrast agents used for MRIs and nervous system disorder

  05-07-2016 17:21
  A new study was conducted to assess the association between gadolinium exposure and parkinsonism, a degenerative disorder of the central nervous system characterized by tremor and impaired muscular coordination.
  
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• Effect of palliative care-led meetings for families of patients with chronic critical illness

  05-07-2016 17:21
  Among families of patients with chronic critical illness, the use of palliative care-led informational and emotional support meetings compared with usual care did not reduce anxiety or depression symptoms, according to a study.
  
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• Changes in brain networks may help youth adapt to childhood adversity

  05-07-2016 15:20
  A new study reports a neural signature of emotional adaptation that could help researchers understand how the brain adapts to childhood adversity and predict which kids may be vulnerable to developing later psychopathology.
  
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• One small step for babies, one giant leap for humankind

  05-07-2016 14:57
  Even before they stand up, infants have a rough idea of how to walk; they just need some time to lay down the right neural wiring. Understanding how babies take their first steps can also help us to improve the rehabilitation of patients recovering from spinal cord injury, and children with cerebral palsy.
  
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• What Do Your Favorite Pastimes Say About Your Personality?

  05-07-2016 13:22 via counsellingresource.com
  
  Whether it's reading, listening, watching, creating, walking, gaming or something else entirely, stopping to ponder and reflect on our pastimes can teach us much about our own personalities. Tags: mindful awareness, motivation
  
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• Deal or No Deal? Brexit and the Allure of Self-Expression

  05-07-2016 08:00
  
  Why did economic arguments fail to sway Leave voters? Psychology research shows a desire to express frustration often dominates economic self-interestIn the wake of the Brexit referendum, many people across the globe have expressed bewilderment at what they see as Leave voters’ irrational decision-making. Headlines and commentaries abound accusing Leavers of voting against their self-interest. Urban Dictionary, the crowdsourced online dictionary of slang, now even defines “brexit&rdq
  
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