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• What films and books reveal about your personality type | Ben Ambridge

  02-10-2016 07:00
  
  Are you an aesthetic type, or are you cerebral? Next time you turn on the TV it could tell a lot about who you areOne of the easiest ways of measuring your personality is simply to ask which kinds of TV, films, and books and magazines do you enjoy. Do you prefer:a) Daytime talk shows, romance, cooking and religion
  b) Arts and humanities, classics, foreign films and poetry
  c) Horror, cult films and erotic novels
  d) Action and adventure, thrillers, sci-fi films and spy stories
  e) News, documentari
  
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• Taming the green-eyed monster: jealousy and its benefits | Tim Lomas

  02-10-2016 07:00
  
  Hostile, corrosive and damaging it may be, but envy can be used wisely to help us clarify our goals, says Dr Tim LomasEnvy is becoming an increasingly prominent topic in the field of psychology, particularly in an ever-growing world of social media. We are constantly bombarded with images of other people’s supposedly perfect lives. Even though logic dictates that these images are hugely selective, their impact is powerful. We instinctively react, envious of what we don’t have and jea
  
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• The truth about people who brag they don't need much sleep

  02-10-2016 05:23 via foxnews.com
  
  People who regularly get by on less sleep may have brains with wake-up systems that are perpetually in overdrive.
  
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