Category: Studies
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Willpower Trumps
Read more: Willpower TrumpsA study examines the idea of unlimited willpower. Up until now, many researchers have asserted that the only way to stay focused during projects that require intense concentration is to seek occasional restoration with physical distractions such as food, rest, or other activity. They believe this will help a person feel recharged and get back…
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Love Science
Read more: Love SciencePsychCentral sums up a meta-study, “The Neuroimaging of Love.” Findings suggest falling in love can elicit not only the same euphoric feeling as using cocaine, but also affects intellectual areas of the brain…Researchers also found falling in love only takes about a fifth of a second.
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Good Job/Bad Job
Read more: Good Job/Bad JobBad jobs are bad–a recent study confirms it (PsychCentral). “Our work found that people in poor-quality jobs—jobs which were insecure, did not provide future job prospects or had high levels of strain—had no better mental health than people who were unemployed,” said Dr. Leach.
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Step it Up
Read more: Step it UpA pedometer study shows Americans take fewer steps than people in other countries. One tidbit: Being single was associated with taking more steps. Single people averaged 6,076 daily steps, compared to 4,793 steps for married people. Widowed participates moved the least, averaging 3,394 daily steps.
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Might Be the Dopamine
Read more: Might Be the DopamineA study finds a possible explanation why men are twice as likely as women to become alcoholics. Dopamine has multiple functions in the brain, but is important in this context because of its pleasurable effects when it is released by rewarding experiences, such as sex or drugs…Despite similar consumptions of alcohol, the men had greater…