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Email her on your favorites, if you’re comfortable with that
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Comfort food: It might make you fat, but at least you'll be happy. Or so says the professional journal Psychological Science. Researchers conducted experiments to determine whether comfort food could make people feel less lonely. In one experiment, some participants wrote about a fight with someone close to them, while others completed an emotionally neutral writing assignment. Then, some people in each group wrote about eating comfort food, while others wrote about eating a new food. Lastly, everyone filled out a questionnaire to measure loneliness. Read the whole story: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
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Is Fear Deficit a Harbinger of Future Psychopaths?
Psychopaths are charming, but they often get themselves and others in big trouble; their willingness to break social norms and lack of remorse means they are often at risk for crimes and other irresponsible behaviors. One hypothesis on how psychopathy works is that it has to do with a fear deficit. A new study, which will be published in an upcoming issue of Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science, finds that children with a particular risk factor for psychopathy don't register fear as quickly as healthy children. The hypothesis that psychopaths don't feel or recognize fear dates back to the 1950s, says the study’s primary author Patrick D.
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Hidup Terlalu Ceria Bisa Mati Muda
Media Indonesia: Para ilmuwan mengklaim, setelah menemukan bahwa orang yang terlalu bahagia mati lebih muda daripada mereka yang lebih pesimistis. Berdasarkan Telegraph, para peneliti menemukan bahwa anak-anak yang dinilai sangat ceria di sekolah akan mati muda daripada teman sekelas mereka yang kebalikannya. Diyakini, itu semua karena anak yang ceria cenderung hidup lebih riang yang penuh bahaya dan pilihan gaya hidup tidak sehat. Baca/Read more: Media Indonesia
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Happiness
The Economist: GDP is a useful measure. After all, nations with high GDP per head have more education, better health and longevity, and higher life satisfaction. I would never argue that we should replace GDP with measures of "Subjective Well-Being" (SWB)—"happiness" in common parlance. Instead, I believe that the case is now strong for adding SWB to other social indicators. Everyone recognises that GDP does not give complete information in itself. Nations spend billions tracking educational success, crime rates, diseases and longevity, and many other indicators.
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Feeling happy? Don’t be too smug as chances are you will die young
The Telegraph: Researchers found that children who are rated "highly cheerful" at school went onto die younger than their more reserved class mates. This is because they are likely to lead more carefree lives full of danger and unhealthy lifestyle choices, it is believed. They may also be more likely to suffer from mental problems such as bipolar depression which sees moods swing from extreme happiness to debilitating sadness. Being too cheerful – especially at inappropriate times – can also rouse anger in others, increasing the risk of a person coming to harm. The study by a variety of universities analysed the details of children from the 1920s to old age.
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Want Lasting Love? It’s Not More Commitment, but Equal Commitment That Matters
It’s not partners’ individual commitments that make the most difference in how well they address conflict, but rather how well their levels of commitment match up.
