Having a boring job can leave you just as vulnerable to burnout than one which leaves you rushed off your feet, say psychiatrists. They believe there is a distinct category of "underchallenged" employees who end up finding they simply cannot take any more of the "monotonous and unstimulating" tasks that they are expected to perform. Such ...
Date Posted: July 1, 2011
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The Supreme Court decided today that it's unconstitutional for the state of California to bar minors from buying violent video games (here's the WSJ story). The 2005 law, which never took effect, violates children and adolescents' right to freedom ...
Jun 30
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We all know the uncomfortable feeling of anxiety. Our hearts race, our fingers sweat, and our breathing gets shallow and labored. We experience racing thoughts about a perceived threat that we think is too much to handle. That's because our "fight ...
Jun 29
GOIt's considered a rite of passage among young people -- acting out their independence through heavy, episodic drinking. But a new University of Cincinnati study, the first of its kind nationally, is showing how binge drinking among adolescents and ...
Jun 28
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The National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) is taking a sensible lead for the 21st century and updating its policy on technology and screen time from birth to age 3. The proactive association recognizes that technology and ...
Jun 27
GOCan a smartphone app enable meaningful, face-to-face conversation? Engineers are trying to find out, with software that helps people locate their friends in a crowd -- and make new friends who share similar interests.The software, called eShadow, ...
Jun 24
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Being born and raised in a major urban area is associated with greater lifetime risk for anxiety and mood disorders. Until now, the biology for these associations had not been described. A new international study, which involved Douglas Mental ...
Jun 23
GOYears ago, when I was struggling to accept my oldest daughter Katie's diagnosis of high functioning autism ("Why our kid, Mike? Why does she have to be different? It's so not fair!"), I picked up a book that changed my life. The book, Autism and the ...
Jun 22
GOAlthough sex and infidelity are now only a keyboard away, at the end of the day, there is no substitute for physical, face-to-face contact in our sexual relationships. That's according to a new study by Diane Kholos Wysocki, from the University of ...
Jun 21
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When I was a teenager, I was afflicted with terrible shyness. Not in every context or with all people - mostly just with girls. Not unlike millions of other adolescent males, when in the presence of a girl I found attractive, I would become tongue ...
Jun 20
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My friend Lauren (not her real name) once told me the story of how, in the middle of her depression a few years ago, she often stopped in the middle of a very positive experience to ask herself “…but am I really happy?” The effect, she said, ...
Jun 17
GOEven a man who thought that women want to have sex with their fathers and that women spend much of their lives distraught because they lack a penis is right sometimes. This person, the legend that is Sigmund Freud, theorized that people often have ...
Jun 16
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Freedom and personal autonomy are more important to people's well-being than money, according to a meta-analysis of data from 63 countries published by the American Psychological Association.
While a great deal of research has been devoted to the ...
Jun 15
GOUnless you're extremely lucky or tolerant, you'll have your share of annoying co-workers over the years. Here are the six most common types and how to deal with them: 1. The interrupter. Whenever you're talking with a coworker, this person finds ...
Jun 13
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What links speed, power, and the color red? Hint: it's not a sports car.
It's your muscles.
A new study, published in the latest issue of the journal Emotion, finds that when humans see red, their reactions become both faster and more ...
Jun 10
GOAccording to the American Cancer Society, more than 11.4 million Americans are currently living with cancer. While cancer treatments are plentiful, many have negative side effects. Previous studies have indicated that a significant number of ...
Jun 7
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