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You win some, you lose some (pounds)
A part from the occasional remote-throwing episode, studies have shown that being a fan of a sports team is good for psychological, social and emotional health. Physical health, on the other hand,...
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A Fresh Start
The phrase “I’ve washed my hands of it” may be more than just a useful saying. After you fail at a task, cleaning up in real life might make you feel more positive about giving it another shot in the...
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Seeing Is Deceiving
Shutterstock If you didn’t know this study had been authored by Harvard Business School Assistant Professor Ethan Bernstein, you might think it was made by a group of cubicle dwellers who’d rather...
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Hey, Brighten Up!
Most people wouldn’t be surprised to learn that they enjoy positive things more when the sun’s out. Just look at our language: We talk about “bright futures,” “sunny outlooks” and “shiny, happy...
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Got Spouse?
Have you hugged your husband or wife today? If so, you probably still have a strong back, and for that you should thank your significant other. According to a study from Dr. C.J. Crandall and...
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Block It!
Over the years, research has shown that people are pretty bad at resisting temptation—and the better they think they are at it, the more likely they are to cave. A study that recently appeared in the...
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What Are You Really Talking About?
Any restaurant manager worth his reservation book knows that Yelp reviews are more about the people who write them than they are about the food. But recently, a few scientists from Stanford and...
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Walk Therapy
Strolling has long been a tool of writers and philosophers. Many of them—from William Wordsworth to Mark Twain—have had their most brilliant ideas while ambling about. Now Stanford researchers have...
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Psychologists’ latest relationship advice: Never go to bed “hangry”
There’s a mountain of anecdotal evidence supporting the idea that you’re more likely to be a grouch when you haven’t eaten enough. Take the proliferation of the term “hangry” (hungry + angry) or the...
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Why Hurricanes with Female Names Are More Deadly
Hell hath no fury like a female hurricane scorned—or so recent research suggests. Kiju Jung and his colleagues at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign collected data from the 94 Atlantic...
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Acting like a Neanderthal may have its perks in the modern dating world
For years, social psychologists have noticed that young men are much likelier to engage in risky behaviors when they have an audience of potential mates. Think Fonzie “jumping the shark” on water skis...
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Gaming Rock, Paper, Scissors
What if rock, paper, scissors isn’t the fair, balanced, random and unpredictable choosing method you always assumed it was? Recent studies out of China suggest that there may actually be a subtle logic...
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Pricey Diamonds Might Not Be a Girl’s Best Friend
A great poet once wrote: “If you like it, then you should have put a ring on it.” But a recent study out of Atlanta’s Emory University suggests that, if you really like it, you might want to think...
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Not a Morning Person? You Might Be Sleep Drunk
Some people wake up bright-eyed and bushy-tailed. Others reluctantly greet the day bleary-eyed and groggy. And a surprisingly high percentage of the population awakes a third way: acting as intoxicated...
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iPhone, Therefore iAm
You may have suspected as much, but you and your smartphone are in a pretty ugly codependent relationship. In a study published in the Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, lead author Russell...
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Zodiac Killers?
Horoscope skeptics have long scoffed at the notion that your birth month could possibly have any significant impact on your life. True, being born in January may not, for example, decide whether this...
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A Sour Solution for a Sweet Life
A study published this summer in the journal Psychiatry Research suggests that the phrases “you are what you eat” and “go with your gut” may be more than mere rhetorical flourishes. Psychology...
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Mosquito Magnet? It’s in Your Genes!
If you’ve ever had the gnawing—or more accurately, puncturing—suspicion that mosquitoes love you and your blood more than any of your friends’, you might be onto something. According to a study...
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Catching Cold
Everyone knows the common cold is contagious, but now researchers at the U.K.’s Brighton and Sussex Medical School have proved that feeling cold may be just as infectious. According to a study...
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You’re Squeaking My Language
“Call me Ishmael”—but make sure you’re using the right accent. According to a recent study published in the journal Nature Communications by Dalhousie University Ph.D. candidate Mauricio Cantor and...
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