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Workplace Misery in Review
Read more: Workplace Misery in ReviewJob satisfaction is down, stress is up. A psychologist points the finger at…workplace reviews: Annual reviews not only create a high level of stress for workers, he argues, but end up making everybody — bosses and subordinates — less effective at their jobs. He says reviews are so subjective — so dependent on the worker’s…
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Imagining Food
Read more: Imagining FoodFrom PsychCentral: Food Cravings, Explained: Results of one study showed that the strength of participants’ cravings was linked to how vividly they imagined the food. […] Studies have shown that when subjects are imagining something, they have a hard time completing various cognitive tasks. In one experiment, volunteers who were craving chocolate recalled fewer words…
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Enemies Good for Kids?
Read more: Enemies Good for Kids?Enemies can be good for a child’s growth, say researchers. Almost everyone picks up a tormentor or two while growing up, and until lately psychological researchers have ignored such relationships — assuming them to be little more than the opposite of friendship. Yet new research suggests that as threatening as they may feel, antagonistic relationships…
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Military Mental Health
Read more: Military Mental HealthIn the military, mental health hospitalizations continue to rise. Last year was the first in which hospitalizations for mental disorders outpaced those for injuries or pregnancies in the 15 years of tracking by the Pentagon’s Medical Surveillance Monthly report.
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Testosterone and Sleep
Read more: Testosterone and SleepFrom ScienceDaily: Could Dwindling Testosterone Levels Decrease Sleep? In young men, deep sleep represents 10 to 20 percent of total sleep. By age 50, it decreases to five to seven percent. For men over 60, it can disappear altogether. Sound familiar…?