Category: Articles
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Feelings Contagious?
Read more: Feelings Contagious?A study at PhysOrg.com–feelings catchable. [R]esearchers [have] found a correlation between an individual’s emotional state and those of the person’s contacts. In other words, it appears that you can catch happiness. Or sadness. (Via GoodTherapy.org)
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“Techno-Tyranny”
Read more: “Techno-Tyranny”Another distraction alarm op-ed, this time from Bob Herbert. I was talking to a guy who commutes every day between New York and New Jersey. He props up his laptop on the front seat so he can watch DVDs while he’s driving. “I only do it in traffic,” he said. “It’s no big deal.”
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Narcissism Epidemic?
Read more: Narcissism Epidemic?David Brooks on (Mel Gibson and) narcissism, including this stat from the book, The Narcissism Epidemic: In 1950, thousands of teenagers were asked if they considered themselves an “important person.” Twelve percent said yes. In the late 1980s, another few thousand were asked. This time, 80 percent of girls and 77 percent of boys…
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Can’t Read Your Mind
Read more: Can’t Read Your MindYANSS on “The Illusion of Transparency“: The Misconception: Most of the time people can look at you and tell what you are thinking and feeling. The Truth: Your subjective experience is not observable, and you overestimate how much you telegraph your inner thoughts and emotions.
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PTSD Army
Read more: PTSD ArmyNPR: Reducing The Stigma Of PTSD In Army Culture. “I remember lying on my cot in my tent in Afghanistan bundled into my sleeping bag, terrified because the dead had come to talk with me…”