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Poll shows 2/3 suffer anxiety over separation from their cell phones

Right on the heels of a study that showed that cell phone userscan't live without their devices, comes a poll that says that people agree: 2/3...
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A parent’s guide to guiding difficult gifted kids

Parenting a gifted child presents unusual challenges. Parenting a gifted child with behavioral differences places new burdens on top of those...
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Researchers find traumatic events can trigger physical illness years afterwards

Psychiatrist and trauma expert Professor Alexander McFarlane of the University of Adelaide, Centre for Traumatic Stress Studies has told the Neuro...
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Scientific study: Key to happiness is a balanced perspective of time

Do you spend a lot of time worrying about the future, living in the “good old days” or just “live the moment? How we subjectively...
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Talking to yourself may be a good thing

It is often said that people who talk to themselves must be crazy. This is not necessarily true as a new study has shown. Charles Choi has reported...
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Thoughts of death may be associated with a good life

There has been a tendency to take the position that thoughts of death are associated with depression and associated negative health consequences....
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Study challenges universality of facial expression in emotion theory

A team of scientists from Scotland and Switzerland reported the first proof that there is no universality in the expression of emotion at the...
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Study challenges universality of facial expression in emotion theory

A team of scientists from Scotland and Switzerland reported the first proof that there is no universality in the expression of emotion at the...
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Being born with nice hormones makes people kind, study implies

Do you think of yourself as a nice person? You may be able to blame your ‘born nice’ genes for that thought, or is there another factor...
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Homophobia a learned behavior, not secret attraction as study suggests

A new study to be published in the April issue of Journal of Personality and Social Psychology states that many homophobes (heterosexuals fearful...
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