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Late-Life Happiness
Read more: Late-Life HappinessFrom ScienceDaily.com, Researchers Identify Secrets to Happiness, Depression Among Oldest of Old. Quick summary: To be happy later, try more happiness now. While there was no indication that resources affect happiness, past life satisfaction — even individual achievements — was found to have a direct association. Because of their results, the researchers urge caregivers of the…
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L.A. Rehab: Beit T’Shuvah
Read more: L.A. Rehab: Beit T’ShuvahThe L.A. Times profiles Beit T’Shuvah. The Venice Blvd. rehab combines the twelve steps with Jewish spirituality . At the helm, Mark Borovitz, con man turned rabbi–his autobiography is The Holy Thief.
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Empathy and Violence Vie for Brain Space
Read more: Empathy and Violence Vie for Brain SpaceA brain imaging study shows empathy and violence share circuitry in the brain. “We all know that encouraging empathy has an inhibiting effect on violence, but this may not only be a social question but also a biological one — stimulation of these neuronal circuits in one direction reduces their activity in the other.”
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Hooking Up v. Dating
Read more: Hooking Up v. DatingIt may not have taken a psych study to figure out that there’s a gender split regarding feelings about hooking up among college students. But of interest: all still prefer dating to hooking up–or at least say they do to a psych researcher.
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Self-Control Studies
Read more: Self-Control StudiesA pair of studies about self-control spotlit at PsyBlog: Self-Control Instantly Replenished by Self-Affirmation How to Increase Your Self-Control Without Really Trying See if you can keep yourself from clicking through.