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Selbstmitleid lindert Trennungsschmerz
FOCUS: Über eine Scheidung freut sich niemand. Zu der Traurigkeit über die zerbrochene Ehe kommen häufig noch belastende Diskussionen hinzu – wer muss wem wie viel zahlen, wer bekommt das Haus, wie oft hütet wer die Kinder? Trotz aller Querelen lassen sich manche Menschen von dieser Krise nicht unterkriegen, während andere in ein tiefes Loch fallen. Der Schlüssel dafür liegt im Selbstmitleid, sagen Forscher der University of Arizona. Sie sehen Selbstmitleid dabei positiv als empathischen, mitfühlenden Umgang mit sich selbst.
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OppNet Request for Applications: Mechanistic pathways linking psychosocial stress and behavior (R01)
OppNet, NIH’s Basic Behavioral and Social Science Opportunity Network, just released a new RFA for three-year research projects: Mechanistic pathways linking psychosocial stress and behavior (R01) This OppNet Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) encourages research grant applications that propose to investigate basic psychological, social, and environmental mechanisms and processes that link psychosocial stressors and behavior.
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Even a Few Minutes of This Can Boost Happiness, Says Study
Huffington Post: I have been experimenting with mindfulness meditation recently. Originally a Buddhist practice, mindfulness meditation focuses on moment-to-moment awareness, of one's body and its sensations and one's immediate surroundings. When thoughts intrude on this aware state -- as they always do -- you gently let them go as you return to the moment. It's very calming -- and really hard. It's hard because the mind does not want to stop churning out thoughts. I'm told that with time and practice, meditation becomes easier, and what's more that it brings a variety of emotional and health benefits. Those testimonials are why I'm doing this, but I confess the prospect is daunting.
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Why We’re Lousy Predictors
Smart Money: Humans love predictions. We speculate for years about who will win the next presidential election. We fill out Final Four tournament brackets. We check the seven-day forecast even though the morning newscast is often wrong about the weather for that night. And, of course, we constantly try to guess whether an investment is on its way up or way down. The problem with all this predicting: We're terrible at it. Studies routinely show that humans are generally worse at forecasting things like elections, basketball tournaments and stock-market moves than a chimp with a dartboard. But why are we so bad at it?
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Changes to Police Lineup Procedures Cut Eyewitness Mistakes, Study Says
The New York Times: The push for procedures to help overcome the weaknesses of eyewitness identifications gains support with a new study being released on Monday that sees significant advantages in techniques promoted by many experts and a growing number of police departments. The new report, based on actual cases in the field, suggests that photographs presented one by one by a person not directly connected with a case significantly reduced identifications of fillers (people known not to be the suspect) from 18 percent in simultaneous lineups to 12 percent in sequential ones.
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The sink’s over here, doc
Lowell Sun: While hospital patients would like to believe they are in good hands, they might not be in clean hands. Research shows that less than 50 percent of hospital workers adhere to hand-hygiene guidelines. In fact, on average, they only wash or use hand sanitizer one-third to half the time they ideally should. Reminding health-care workers that it is the patient they are there to protect increases hand hygiene, according to a recent study.
