The study looks at a hypothetical aeroplane crash over a city. Nearly 200 professionals were split into separated rooms based on the sector that they belong to. Ie. Transport, police, etc. They were all given realistic data according to their function.
Date Posted: April 10, 2015
Categories: Workplace Issues
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People who express anger more often tends to experience greater stress. Long-term stress is unhealthy as it suppresses the immune system and often leads to symptoms like high blood pressure.
Apr 10
Categories: Anger Management
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Not exercising, being obese, smoking and abusing drugs are among the factors known to shorten people's life spans. Might being lonely or socially isolated have a similar effect?
Apr 9
Categories: Aging & Geriatric Issues, Social Isolation
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"We're coming to recognize that meditation changes people's brains," said Wells, an assistant professor of neurology at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center. "And we're just beginning to gain understanding of what those changes mean and how they might ...
Apr 9
Categories: Meditation
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Commuting is rarely anyone's favorite time of day, but it can be more than just an inconvenience: All those hours spent in home-work limbo can have physical and mental health implications, as well.
Apr 8
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What do you do when you cannot figure out how to finish a tricky task at work? Or you are lost on back roads? One thing most people know to avoid for sure: asking for advice. It is inconsiderate. We do not want to bother others.
Apr 8
Categories: Workplace Issues
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Why do we laugh? The obvious answer is because something is funny. But if we look closer at when and how laughter occurs in ordinary social situations, we see that it’s not so simple. Like most aspects of human behavior, laughter is complicated.
Apr 7
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Binge-drinking during adolescence may perturb brain development at a critical time and leave lasting effects on genes and behavior that persist into adulthood.
Apr 7
Categories: Addictions, Child and/or Adolescent Issues, Child Development
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At work can seem like the hardest place to practice mindfulness given the many demands and responsibilities we have to manage on a daily basis.
Yet in the office is where we stand to really benefit from being mindful.
Apr 7
Categories: Mindfulness, Workplace Issues
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A new study of over 3,600 brains finds the real cause of Alzheimer's is a dysfunctional 'tau' protein. The tau protein normally helps stabilise the brain's structure.
Apr 6
Categories: Health / Illness / Medical Issues
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New memory discovery seems depressing but when you think about it is actually critical to useful recall.
Apr 6
Categories: Other
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Children exposed to tobacco smoke at home are up to three times more likely to have attention deficit hyperactive disorder (ADHD) as unexposed kids.
Apr 4
Categories: Adult ADHD
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What else can you do to keep your mind sharp? “Grandparenting”
Apr 4
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We all know that the greens are good for health, but did you know that it could even reduce your brain age by 11 years?
We all fear to lose our memories or our cognitive abilities as we get older.
Apr 4
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The established routines and habits of everyday life can stifle our ability to think creatively. That's according to a new study that's based on the "embodied cognition" idea that performing bodily movements in a conventional manner encourages the ...
Apr 2
Categories: Creative Blocks
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World Autism Awareness Day 2015 will shine a bright light on autism as a growing global health crisis. WAAD activities will help to increase and develop world knowledge of the autism epidemic and will impart information regarding the importance of ...
Apr 2
Categories: Autism spectrum disorders
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