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Anxiety v. Depression
Read more: Anxiety v. DepressionMRIs and emotional word tests indicate depressed worriers may have an advantage. The study found the brain scans of a worried and depressed person doing the emotional word task were very different from those of a vigilant or panicky depressed person. Despite depression, the worriers did better on the emotional word task because they were…
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Stress Studies
Read more: Stress StudiesJust came across this collection of studies about stress–what helps, what doesn’t. The last few posts: Acupuncture Treats Anxiety at the Dentist Conquering Stress With Foods And a new study about neurogenesis in lab-stressed mice.
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Stress Gathering
Read more: Stress GatheringMy report from the first day of the L.A. Mind-Body Conference is up at the Huffington Post.
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Happily Married
Read more: Happily MarriedDavid Brooks surveys the happiness literature in an op-ed, The Sandra Bullock Trade. If the relationship between money and well-being is complicated, the correspondence between personal relationships and happiness is not. The daily activities most associated with happiness are sex, socializing after work and having dinner with others. The daily activity most injurious to happiness…
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Food Addiction
Read more: Food AddictionPosted at PsychCentral, Drug, Food Addiction Share Common Source: A new study shows that the same molecular mechanisms that drive an individual into drug addiction are behind the compulsion to overeat, pushing an individual into obesity. An individual rat, at least.