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Friends Good for You (Baboon Edition)
Read more: Friends Good for You (Baboon Edition)ScienceDaily: For female baboons, too, it’s good to have friends: Female baboons that maintain closer ties with other members of their troop live substantially longer than do those whose social bonds are less stable, a recent study has found. The researchers say that the findings add to evidence in animals from mice to humans that…
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Exercise and Mental Health
Read more: Exercise and Mental HealthNYT reports study about Activity and Mental Health in Women: People who are physically active appear to be at lower risk for cognitive impairment late in life, and for women, a new study suggests, physical activity during the teenage years may provide the greatest benefit.
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Let It Out
Read more: Let It OutBenedict Carey looks at The Benefits of Blowing Your Top in the NYT. One upside to emotional expression (according to a study), a better social life: [P]sychologists followed 278 men and women as they entered college, giving questionnaires and conducting interviews. Those who scored highest on measures of emotion suppression had the hardest time making…
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Daniel Goleman on Compassion
Read more: Daniel Goleman on CompassionEmotional Intelligence author Daniel Goleman holds forth about compassion. More TED Psychology here.
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Habit Slayers
Read more: Habit SlayersUnwanted habits are susceptible to some simple tricks, says PsyBlog, reviewing a new study. Something you want to stop doing? Try: Vigilant monitoring: watching out for slip-ups and saying “Don’t do it!” to yourself. Distraction: trying to think about something else. Stimulus control: removing the opportunity to perform the habit, say by leaving the bar, fast-food restaurant…