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• Can a change in economic policies cope with anger and alienation? | Letters

  11-12-2016 20:33
  
  Pankaj Mishra’s exposé of the poverty of economic man (Welcome to the age of anger, 8 December) is powerful but, among the “more complex drives” he lists, he omits “belonging” – key to understanding “identity politics”. Facing danger our instinct, like that of animals who herd, is to cling to the familiar and the group. Incomers may or may not be a realistic threat, but they are easily perceived to be in times of disturbing upheaval. This ne
  
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• Mental Health and Relationships "Key to Happiness," Report Concludes

  11-12-2016 16:51 via feeds.socialpsychology.org
  
  Source: BBC News - UK NewsA new study from the LSE shows good mental health and having a partner bring more happiness to someone than increasing their income.
  
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• KKK, Other Racist Groups Disavow the White Supremacist Label

  11-12-2016 16:51 via feeds.socialpsychology.org
  Source: U.S. News and World ReportIn today's racially charged environment, there's a label that even the KKK disavows: white supremacy.
  
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• Personality Traits, Psychiatric Disorders Linked to Genomic Locations

  11-12-2016 16:49 via feeds.socialpsychology.org
  Source: ScienceDailyA meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies (GWAS) has identified six loci or regions of the human genome that are significantly linked to personality traits, report researchers. The findings also show correlations with psychiatric disorders.
  
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• Beware: Children Can Passively "Smoke" Marijuana, Too

  11-12-2016 16:49 via feeds.socialpsychology.org
  Source: ScienceDailyRelaxing with a joint around children is not very wise. Not only do youngsters inhale harmful secondary smoke in the process, but the psychoactive chemicals in the drug are taken up by their bodies as well.
  
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• Leaving Relationship "Is Most Dangerous Time," Experts Say

  11-12-2016 16:48 via feeds.socialpsychology.org
  
  Source: Canadian Broadcasting Company - Health NewsThe death of Toronto family physician Dr. Elana Fric-Shamji​ — allegedly at the hand of the neurosurgeon husband she was trying to divorce — has sparked conversations about the dangers facing women trying to flee abusive relationships.
  
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• Landmark Survey of Transgender Americans Finds Pervasive Bias

  11-12-2016 16:47 via feeds.socialpsychology.org
  Source: U.S. News and World ReportThe largest-ever survey of transgender Americans paints a grim picture of pervasive discrimination and harassment, to the point that many of them attempt suicide at some point.
  
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• Companion Animals Often Invaluable for Mental Health

  11-12-2016 16:47 via feeds.socialpsychology.org
  Source: U.S. News and World Report6 out of 10 patients put furry or feathered friends at the top of their support list, study finds.
  
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• Brain locations that control diabetes drugs’ weight loss effects examined

  11-12-2016 13:42
  Certain type 2 diabetes drugs promote weight loss, but how they do this remains poorly understood. Insight into how these drugs work in the body -- and especially the brain -- could help create new drugs that effectively control body weight. In an important advance on that front, a new study shows that these drugs, called glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1RAs), reduce body mass by targeting a different part of the brain than previously thought.
  
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• Pets provide 'unique' support to people with mental illness

  11-12-2016 09:00
  
  Research shows that pets help owners with long-term mental health problems manage their condition. Having a pet brings 'unique contribution' to well-being.
  
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• Half of us likley to believe events that never happened

  11-12-2016 09:00
  
  A new study suggests that more than 50 percent of people are prone to believing that fictitious autobiographical events really happened to them.
  
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• Half of us likely to believe events that never happened

  11-12-2016 09:00
  
  A new study suggests that more than 50 percent of people are prone to believing that fictitious autobiographical events really happened to them.
  
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• Diogenes Syndrome: Symptoms and Treatment

  11-12-2016 09:00
  
  What is Diogenes syndrome and who does it affect? Learn about the signs, symptoms, what treatments are available, and tips for caregivers.
  
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• The Undoing Project review – ‘psychology’s Lennon and McCartney’

  11-12-2016 08:00
  
  Michael Lewis tells the compelling story of Amos Tversky and Daniel Kahneman, whose behaviourist theories led to his own bestseller MoneyballAll love stories involve the science of decision making – for better or worse, richer or poorer. No romance has been as alive to the fallibility of that process as the one described in this book. Amos Tversky and Daniel Kahneman were both the grandsons of eastern European rabbis. Chance and fate brought them together in Tel Aviv in the 1960s. The
  
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• What is your earning potential across your life? Quiz | Ben Ambridge

  11-12-2016 07:00
  
  Your answers to just two questions will tell you what your financial life chances areAccording to a recent report, you only need to answer two very simple questions about your childhood to find out your earning potential for your whole life. When you were 10 years old did you live in an urban or rural area? And, secondly, how many non-school books were there in the house: (a) 0-10 or (b) 11 or more?A study by the World Economic Forum found that, on average, an additional year of education boosts
  
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• How would the Stoics cope today? | Ryan Holiday

  11-12-2016 07:00
  
  The ancient philosophy of Stoicism offers many insights into coping with our troubling timesSome of us are stressed. Others are overworked, struggling with the new responsibilities of parenthood, or moving from one flawed relationship to another. Whatever it is, whatever you are going through, there is wisdom from the Stoics that can help.Followers of this ancient and inscrutable philosophy have found themselves at the centre of some of history’s most trying ordeals, from the French Revolu
  
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