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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…
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Angry Patriotism
Read more: Angry PatriotismScienceDaily: Anger Drives Support for Wartime Presidents, Study Finds Contrary to popular opinion and previous speculations among psychologists, Lambert’s study shows that the impulse to support the president in times of war has little to do with feelings of anxiety or uncertainty or needing a president to somehow make us feel safe.