For many people, the motivation to exercise fluctuates from week to week, and these fluctuations predict whether they will be physically active, according to researchers at Penn State. In an effort to understand how the motivation to exercise is linked to behavior, the researchers examined college students' intentions to be physically active as ...
Date Posted: February 15, 2012
GOAerobic fitness has a favorable effect on cognitive functions. For example, physically active elderly people are less prone to aging-related cognitive decline than those who lead a sedentary lifestyle. An increase in physical activity raises both ...
Feb 14
GOHere is something Dale Carnegie didn't mention in his self-help bestseller "How to Win Friends and Influence People": having a name that is easy to pronounce appears to confer a subtle advantage. Apparently, it helps people gain promotions, ascend ...
Feb 13
GOPeople may think that online dating is only for the young, but individuals over the age of 60 are the fastest growing demographic in online dating. However, they may be looking for different qualities in their relationships than their younger ...
Feb 13
GOCaregivers typically report higher stress levels than other adults, according to APA’s Stress in America survey. A lot of people don’t get what it means to take care of another human being. As kids, we don’t realize how hard it is to parent ...
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Can the imperative to be cheerful make us miserable? On World Happy Day today, it's a sobering thought. A modern Russian adage holds that "a person who smiles a lot is either a fool or an American".
It is true that, when McDonald's arrived in ...
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A smart phone app in development for depression patients tracks contacts and movement, and prompts activities when patterns show withdrawal. Researchers at Northwestern University hope to get smart phones to help. They’re developing an app that ...
Feb 11
GOAuthoritarian parents whose child-rearing style can be summed up as "it's my way or the highway" are more likely to raise disrespectful, delinquent children who do not see them as legitimate authority figures than authoritative parents who listen to ...
Feb 11
GOChildren who display multiple psychosomatic symptoms, such as regular aches and pains and sleep and appetite problems, are more than twice as likely to be experiencing physical abuse at home than children who do not display symptoms, according to a ...
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People who are more physically active report greater levels of excitement and enthusiasm than people who are less physically active, according to Penn State researchers. People also are more likely to report feelings of excitement and enthusiasm on ...
Feb 10
GOResearchers at Zucker Hillside Hospital's Recognition and Prevention (RAP) Program who have worked with teenagers at risk for serious mental illness for the past decade are now studying the effectiveness of Omega 3 fatty acids (fish oil) for ...
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Whether you succeed at work may depend on many factors—intelligence, empathy, self-control, talent and persistence, to name a few. But one determinant may outweigh many of these: how you perceive those around you. New research suggests that your ...
Feb 9
GOPeople visit social networking sites such as Facebook for many reasons, including the positive emotional experience that people enjoy and want to repeat, according to an article in Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking, a peer-reviewed ...
Feb 9
GOThis new tool has 47 statements that describe how one reacts in stressful situations. Individuals rate how accurately each statement describes them on a scale of one to six. The higher the number, the more positive one's mental health is. The ...
Feb 9
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The standard advice for multiple-choice tests is: if in doubt, stick with your first answer. College students believe it: about 75% agree that changing your first choice will lower your score overall (Kruger et al., 2005). Instructors believe it as ...
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A man's face can "grab" anger from someone standing nearby. But a woman's face tends to grab happiness. Disability advocates were seeing red after two elderly women with medical conditions were allegedly strip-searched by TSA agents at New York’s ...
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