Category: Reading
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Fat Discrimination
Read more: Fat DiscriminationAn essay in the NYT, For Obese People, Prejudice in Plain Sight, by Harriet Brown. “As soon as I shook the interviewer’s hand, I knew she would not hire me […] She gave me a look of utter disdain, and made a big deal about whether we should take the stairs or ride the elevator…
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Happiness Politics
Read more: Happiness PoliticsElizabeth Kolbert asks, What can policymakers learn from happiness research? in a New Yorker book review. A quick tease: [T]he relationship between money and well-being turns out to be a lot less straightforward than is generally assumed.
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Depressed Parenting
Read more: Depressed ParentingBeing a parent is difficult and demanding on the best of days. But, as the L.A. Times reports, when parents are depressed, it gets much tougher–and kids are the ones most affected. The fallout from parental depression doesn’t just go away. […] Children caught in the cold grip of a parent’s depression can carry patterns…
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Tourette’s Syndrome Q&A
Read more: Tourette’s Syndrome Q&AMDs answer reader questions about living with Tourette’s syndrome –part of the NYT’s Consults blog. Linked from there, Patient’s Voices–audio, including Louis Centanni, a comedian with Tourette’s.
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Beer Goggles or “Attentional Myopia”
Read more: Beer Goggles or “Attentional Myopia”From PsyBlog, What Alcohol Does to Your Mind: Attentional Myopia takes a look at the narrowing effect drinking has on thinking: According to a growing body of evidence collected over the last three or more decades, people’s Jekyll and Hyde behaviour while drinking can be understood by a simple idea which has some intriguing ramifications.…