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Sustainable Love
Read more: Sustainable LoveThe latest in relationship science relayed by Tara Parker-Pope. “People have a fundamental motivation to improve the self and add to who they are as a person,” Dr. Lewandowski says. “If your partner is helping you become a better person, you become happier and more satisfied in the relationship.”
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Skin Deep
Read more: Skin DeepA study shows people more accurately assessing personality traits of attractive people. “If people think Jane is beautiful, and she is very organized and somewhat generous, people will see her as more organized and generous than she actually is,” Biesanz said. “Despite this bias, our study shows that people will also correctly discern the relative ordering…
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Study: Video Games Are Good For You
Read more: Study: Video Games Are Good For YouVideo Games Boost Brain Power, Multitasking Skills (NPR) Pratt says playing these video games changes your ability to learn, and to find and integrate new information. “Video game players are able to pick up very subtle, statistical irregularities in environments and use them to their advantage,” Pratt says. “And these same irregularities in environments are…
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On Yawning
Read more: On YawningTheories about why people–and animals–yawn. One tidbit: Children under 5 are not subject to contagious yawning, but adult humans, chimpanzees, monkeys and dogs — animals with advanced social skills — are. Apparently an understanding of the mental states of others is required before yawning becomes catching
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Mindfulness Exercises
Read more: Mindfulness ExercisesFrom The Mindful Way Through Anxiety–or, rather, from the book’s website–some audio mindfulness exercises. (The promo material at the beginning of each ends quickly.)