The "undercover" economist Tim Harford (he has a book and writes column at the Financial Times by that title) has explained the theories for why prices in our world end in "9." First is something called the left-digit effect, which suggests that consumers just can't be bothered to read to the end ...
Date Posted: February 17, 2015
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Karl Pillemer, a Ph.D. gerontologist at Cornell University, has spent the last several years interviewing hundreds of older Americans to systematically collect their practical wisdom. Among other questions, he asked these oldest Americans what ...
Feb 17
Categories: Happiness
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Nearly 60,000 people with a severe mental illness will share an extra $1.3 billion in funding - the single biggest boost under the National Disability Insurance Scheme.
Feb 16
Categories: Mental Health in Asia
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Over the past decade, there have been many encouraging findings suggesting that mindfulness training can improve a broad range of mental and physical health problems. Yet, exactly how mindfulness positively impacts health is not clear.
Feb 16
Categories: Mindfulness, Mindfulness Meditation
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“Smile and the world smiles with you,” goes the cliché. But, turns out, there might just be something in it.
Feb 14
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Is collecting things harmless or could it take a turn for worse?
Whether it’s old coins, stamps, trading cards, or Beanie Babies, many of us have items that we find particularly enticing, and that we’re strangely compelled to collect. Have you ...
Feb 14
Categories: Obsessions & Compulsions (OCD)
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Many would rather buy generic clothes than stand out with designer brands
Many people buy and wear clothing from prestigious brands as a way to express and distinguish themselves. However, a new study from the University of Missouri has found that ...
Feb 14
Categories: Women's Issues
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Sometimes, it pays to see the glass half-empty
I listed optimism as one of the ten things you should do every day to improve your life. Yet pessimism does have advantages and plenty of people see it as a better way to view the world. What does the ...
Feb 13
Categories: Other
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You can literally do this in one second.
To learn better, hit control-s and “outsource” your remembering.
Feb 13
Categories: Career Development and Change
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Having lots of creative and novel ideas over time does not come from a flash of brilliance or a single moment of inspiration. It is bred by a consistent set of rituals that serves as the bed rock for getting remarkable things done.
Here are 7 ...
Feb 13
Categories: Creative Blocks
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Adolescents who chronically use methamphetamine suffer greater and more widespread alterations in their brain than adults who chronically abuse the drug–and damage is particularly evident in a part of the brain believed to control the "executive ...
Feb 12
Categories: Drug Addiction
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One in 10 new fathers suffers from post-natal depression and more research is needed to find out how many develop other mental health disorders after their children are born.
Feb 12
Categories: Men's Issues, Parenting
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The meditation-and-the-brain research has been rolling in steadily for a number of years now, with new studies coming out just about every week to illustrate some new benefit of meditation. Or, rather, some ancient benefit that is just now being ...
Feb 11
Categories: Meditation
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In 1991, CMU psychology professor Sheldon Cohen published a landmark study in the New England Journal of Medicine showing how stress can compromise our immune system and leave us more vulnerable to the common cold. Committed to finding practical ...
Feb 11
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Mice genetically deficient in serotonin -- a crucial brain chemical implicated in clinical depression -- are more vulnerable than their normal littermates to social stressors, according to a Duke study appearing this week in the Proceedings of the ...
Feb 11
Categories: Social Anxiety / Phobia
GONetflix and other streaming media services have become the crack of television, making it possible to watch an entire season ...
Feb 10
Categories: Addictions, Depression
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