Category: Studies
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Too Tired for Sex
Read more: Too Tired for SexA study relayed by the New York Times: About one in every four Americans married or living with someone say they are so sleep-deprived that they are often too tired to have sex, according to a new study by the National Sleep Foundation. Lack of sleep also keeps many people from work and family functions,…
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Playing Hard-to-Get: The Study
Read more: Playing Hard-to-Get: The StudyPsyBlog digs into psych study history and answers the question, Does Playing Hard To Get Work?: [E]very time psychologists used an experiment to test the idea that playing hard to get is a good dating strategy, their results didn’t make any sense. At least not until 1973 when Elaine Walster and colleagues at the University…
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Music is Brain Food
Read more: Music is Brain FoodDon’t want to learn an instrument? Just turn on the radio. From the L.A. Times: “Music is sort of the perfect activity that people can engage in from young to older years. It affects how the brain develops and affects how the brain changes in structure” at any age, Schlaug says. For the mature brain,…
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Touching Recommended
Read more: Touching RecommendedAnother study, again posted by the New York Times, suggests a little bit of physical contact does big things. [I]n recent years some researchers have begun to focus on a different, often more subtle kind of wordless communication: physical contact. Momentary touches, they say — whether an exuberant high five, a warm hand on the…
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Pins and Needles: Acupuncture v. Depression During Pregnancy
Read more: Pins and Needles: Acupuncture v. Depression During PregnancyStudy of the day, as posted by the New York Times: Up to a quarter of all women suffer from depression during pregnancy, and many are reluctant to take antidepressants. Now a new study suggests that acupuncture may provide some relief during pregnancy, even though it has not been found to be an effective treatment…