Tag: relationships
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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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Online Marriage Checkup
Read more: Online Marriage CheckupStudies have couples checking in annually about their marriages, online. “You don’t wait to see the dentist until something hurts — you go for checkups on a regular basis…If people were to bring their marriages in for a checkup on an annual basis, would that provide the same sort of benefit that a physical health…
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L.A. Therapist
Read more: L.A. TherapistI keep putting off calling a therapist. What if I don’t know what to say? Yesterday I ordered the couch for the new Los Feliz therapy space. I’ll share photos once everything is set up, but for now, I’m choosing tissue boxes, arranging lighting, and handling the practical details that make therapy work better. This…
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The Look of Love
Read more: The Look of LoveA pair of studies looks at the look of love: First: Attitudes Towards Sexual Relationships Can Be Judged From Photos Of Your Face And in another: Volunteers looked at faces with exaggerated or reduced male or female features; the faces had been morphed to look either more or less masculine or feminine. As the faces…
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Relationships Better with Age
Read more: Relationships Better with AgeAt PsychCentral: Relationships Grow, Improve with Age. “Older adults report better marriages, more supportive friendships and less conflict with children and siblings.” So…time to start aging.