More than 20 years ago, the psychologist Arthur Aron succeeded in making two strangers fall in love in his laboratory. Last summer, I applied his technique in my own life, which is how I found myself standing on a bridge at midnight, staring into a man's eyes for exactly four minutes.
Date Posted: January 19, 2015
Categories: Relationships & Marriage
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An unfair, uncaring manager makes for an uncertain working life, one characterised by stress, absenteeism and poor performance. But new research suggests a silver lining: when the boss is unjust, team members come together.
Jan 19
Categories: Workplace Issues
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Many different types of psychiatric disorders may share a common thread.
Jan 17
Categories: Health / Illness / Medical Issues, Mental Health in Asia
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The importance of owning your ambivalences, and how to do it
Jan 17
Categories: Bipolar
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n this day and age, so much of our time is spent in front of screens. Does all the hype around studies showing that the use of screens can mess with your sleep make sense?
Jan 16
Categories: Sleep Disorders
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Depression and behavioral changes may occur before memory declines in people who will go on to develop Alzheimer’s disease, according to new research at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.
Jan 16
Categories: Depression, Health / Illness / Medical Issues
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How to successfully handle passive-aggressive relationships
Jan 15
Categories: Relationships & Marriage
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Wearable goose-bump sensor could one day help detect when people are moved
Jan 15
Categories: Other
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Study reveals the chance that mild age-related memory and thinking problems will turn into dementia.
Jan 14
Categories: Aging & Geriatric Issues
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This tip may help people who are feeling depressed.
Jan 14
Categories: Depression
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People who are high on this personality trait have healthier hearts.
Jan 13
Categories: Health / Illness / Medical Issues, Personality problems
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College students with ADHD are more likely to drop out than other students, have lower grade point averages, and endorse more academic difficulties overall. Approximately 25% of college students with ADHD receive ...
Jan 13
Categories: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
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It’s very common to see people engage in escapist and addictive behaviours at night such as drinking, watching porn, eating junk food or even watching a movie. But why
night? What’s so different about that time of the day that makes people more ...
Jan 13
Categories: Addictions
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A technique developed at Boston Children’s Hospital allows these subtle mutation patterns to be traced and mapped spatially for the first time. This capability is a significant advance for genetics research and provides a new way to study both the ...
Jan 12
Categories: Other
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