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Angry Tweets Predict Patterns Of Heart Disease, Researchers Say
NPR: Let's go from art to science. Our colleague Shankar Vedantam regularly joins us on the program to talk about social science research. And today, he chats with our colleague David Greene about heart disease. SHANKAR VEDANTAM, BYLINE: Not just heart disease, heart disease and Twitter, David. Heart disease and Twitter. OK, tell me more. VEDANTAM: David, there's been a lot of interest recently in using technology to track diseases.
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Daydream Believing: Imagining Connections
Imagine this scenario. You’re working away in your cubicle, and a co-worker strolls by, humming a tune. You recognize it as an old ballad, Suzanne, and you immediately think of your friend, Suzanne, who you haven’t talked to in a while. How is she? She was frustrated at work last time you chatted. Wonder if she’s okay now. And then you remember—it’s her birthday next week. You should buy her a little something, but what? She loves daisies, and she usually gathers for her birthday with a small group of family and friends, including Drew. Wonder what Drew is up to these days. . . . Then, snap! You’re back in your cubicle, and work is demanding your attention.
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Understanding Loneliness Through Science
Loneliness may be a fundamental part of the human condition, but scientists have only recently begun exploring its causes, consequences, and potential interventions. A special section in Perspectives on Psychological Science, a journal of the
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When Job Hunting, Make Sure Your Voice Is Heard
New York Magazine: Some people are really good at getting their foot in the doors of prospective employers, even when there aren't any jobs available: They'll aggressively seek out informational interviews, lunch, or coffee with the people who make hiring decisions, and so on. As someone who has always lacked this level of initiative when job hunting, I've often wondered whether there are some limits to this approach. Doesn't it sometimes come off as overbearing?
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The Psychology of the Firefighter
The Huffington Post: Firefighters experience a steady onslaught of trauma and intense human emotion. Perilous flames, collapsing buildings, the anguish of burn victims, explosions, automobile accidents, suicide attempts, and even terrorist attacks, dismemberment and death. Such harrowing events come with the territory of first responders. It would seem that such repeated exposure to adversity must, over time, take a psychological toll, challenging even the most seasoned firefighters. Yet that doesn't seem to be the case.
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Shutterbug Parents and Overexposed Lives
The New York Times: In “The Entire History of You,” the third episode of the dystopian British series “Black Mirror,” humans have developed implanted memory “grains” that record everything they see and hear. When users “redo” a memory by playing it back, the recreation even surpasses the original; they can zoom in on details or activate a lip-reading function to decipher unheard speech. I thought of the episode when a friend showed me some pictures and videos of his two young children. There is more visual documentation of his kids from the last couple of months than of my entire childhood in the ’80s and ’90s. They’re growing up in a world far closer to one of grains and redos. ...
