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Don’t remember? Or don’t think you remember?
Times of India: One day you notice a group of boys passing by in a park. The next day you learn police are looking for someone to identify him as a suspect in a mugging case. Even if you think you can't make a positive identification, a new study suggests that the mind is likely to remember. According to the study, such information will make its way into your memory any way, whether we are able to recall it or not, the journal Psychological Science reports. � In this case, the failure to make a positive identification could be owing to the fact that memory is not strong enough to support a yes response, says Anat Maril of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
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Searching for Happiness – A New Movement in America
The Sacramento Bee: What makes us happy? Is there a specific formula for happiness? Do kids, marriage and money equate to a greater level of contentment? Are there scientifically proven principles regarding happiness that we can study, learn and practice? Do we live in a world that values and promotes happiness and well-being? Are we in the midst of a happiness revolution? These are some of the questions researchers are studying in a relatively new field called Positive Psychology. Positive Psychology is the study of human thriving, an examination of how ordinary people can become happier and more fulfilled.
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Taxer les riches rendrait les nations heureuses
Slate France: Aux Etats-Unis, en France et en Allemagne, des riches se sont déclarés prêts à plus payer d'impôts pour résorber la dette publique. «La plupart des riches américains ne seraient pas incommodés si on leur demandait de payer plus d’impôts, particulièrement quand beaucoup de nos concitoyens souffrent», avait ainsi déclaré le milliardaire américain Warren Buffett dans une tribune du New York Times. Et il semblerait que leur initiative pourrait avoir un impact sur le bonheur des nations. Plus un système fiscal est progressif, plus les habitants sont heureux: une conclusion à laquelle est parvenu un psychologue de l’université de Virginie, nous indique Good.
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Bi men exist, new study says
The Bay Area Reporter: A new study using improved methodology has debunked previous findings suggesting that self-identified bisexual men are not actually attracted to both men and women. Looking at a more carefully selected study population, researchers from Northwestern University found that bi men demonstrated sexual arousal when shown explicit movies featuring both men and women. "Although it's obvious to those of us who identify as bisexual men that we exist and that our sexual attractions are valid, this research has righted a tremendous wrong," said Ron Suresha, editor of the anthologies Bi Men: Coming Out Every Which Way and Bi Guys.
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Being In the “No”: Questions Influence What We Remember
Imagine that you are sitting in the park, deeply engaged in a conversation with your loved one. A group of teenagers pass by in front of you. The next day you learn that the police are looking for someone to identify them as these teenagers are suspected of a serious mugging. You would most probably not be able to make a positive identification. Do you really have absolutely no memory for their faces? A new study, which will be published in an upcoming issue of Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science, suggests that such information will make its way into your memory anyway.
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A Yale Psychologist Calls for the End of Individual Psychotherapy
TIME: Is individual therapy overrated and outdated? Yes, says Alan Kazdin, a professor of psychology and child psychiatry at Yale University, writing in the leading journal Perspectives on Psychological Science. Kazdin contends that treatments for mental health issues have made great strides over the last few decades, but the problem is that these evidence-based therapies aren't getting to the people who need them. Nearly 50% of the American population will suffer some kind of mental illness at least once in their lifetimes, but the mental health field, which relies largely on individual psychotherapy to deliver care, isn't equipped to help the vast majority of patients.
