Fundamentally, the term “compassion” means a sensitivity to the presence of suffering in others and in ourselves, coupled with a deep desire to alleviate that suffering. As we will see, the experience of compassion is essential to our psychological and physical health, and is a vital part of our common humanity. In a very real sense, our ...
Date Posted: June 2, 2012
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Many of us hate hearing the word “No.” And many of us don’t like saying it either. You might be especially uncomfortable with saying no to your partner. Often people think that going along with their partner’s requests will be good for their ...
Jun 2
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'It's a myth that they are bowls of misery, unhappy with their lot, and always going on about ailments.'
Professor Tom Kirkwood has demolished a string of misconceptions about the ageing process with a groundbreaking study into the health of more ...
Jun 1
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I knew I’d gone over to the dark side when my husband asked me to stop texting during dinner. I was just answering my daughter’s text message. He actually seemed somewhat annoyed, and I realized I had gotten snagged into the mindlessness of ...
Jun 1
GOOverweight women may never escape the painful stigma of obesity – even after they have shed the pounds, new research suggests. The study, by the University of Hawaii at Mānoa, The University of Manchester, and Monash University, examined ...
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This is the first of a series of blog postings related to my own series of research studies (my doctoral research at Saybrook University) of people who have made full and lasting medication-free recoveries after being diagnosed with schizophrenia ...
May 31
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You don’t need to have the looks of Brad Pitt, the sense of humor of Louis CK or the style of Marc Jacobs to be naturally self-confident! In fact, with a little extra effort, it’s possible to develop the unflappable sense of self-esteem ...
May 31
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Psychotherapy, like other forms of treatment, doesn't work for everyone and there would be huge advantages to knowing in advance who's likely to benefit. In the case of drugs, there's a thriving research field - pharmacogenetics - looking at whether ...
May 31
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ometimes games have a lot to teach us about human nature, other times they're just games.
One game that some economists and psychologists claim has much to teach us is called The Ultimatum Game.
The game is very simple. It's played between two ...
May 30
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Early humans became monogomous because women evolved to prefer reliable providers over macho alpha males, a study has found.
While physically imposing men hold a certain appeal, women long ago evolved to value qualities like loyalty and ...
May 30
GOFor millions of its Western users, the picture they choose to illustrate themselves on Facebook is an important decision to make. They know it can be the first impression that anyone in the world receives of them, so they're often deeply conscious ...
May 30
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Once you pop the top of a tube of potato chips, it can be hard to stop munching its contents. But Cornell researchers may have found a novel way to help: Add edible serving size markers that act as subconscious stop signs.
May 29
GOWe like to believe that a few bad apples spoil the virtuous bunch. But research shows that everyone cheats a little—right up to the point where they lose their sense of integrity. We tend to think that people are either honest or dishonest. In ...
May 29
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Do you smile when you’re frustrated? Most people think they don’t — but they actually do, a new study from MIT has found. What’s more, it turns out that computers programmed with the latest information from this research do a better job of ...
May 29
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To understand the health benefits of love in a relationship, it’s important to understand the meaning and definition of love. Love has so many meanings and interpretations. Countless people in the world struggle with defining what love really ...
May 28
GOIsn’t it interesting that researchers have long known that well-educated people have much better marriages, yet this doesn’t often come up in discussions about the divorce rate? It seems to be a kind of “open secret.” I wonder whether some ...
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