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Los inmigrantes recurren a la comida basura para integrarse en EEUU
Yahoo Espana: Numerosos extranjeros que viven en Estados Unidos han adoptado la hipercalórica cocina estadounidense en parte debido a que tiene buenos precios y es fácil de conseguir, pero también porque es una manera de demostrar su integración al país adoptivo, según un estudio. Los inmigrantes que se alimentan con comida estadounidense consumen de media 187 calorías y 7 gramos de grasas saturadas más de lo que consumirían si se alimentaran siguiendo su propia gastronomía y se exponen por tanto a sufrir obesidad o sobrepeso tanto como los dos tercios de la población norteamericana, según un estudio publicado en la revista Psychological Science de junio. Leer más/Read more: Yahoo Espana
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Magt avler utroskab
Videnskab Denmark: Listen med eksempler på magtfulde mænd med lidt for løse lynlåse i bukserne er nærmest uendelig. Vi nævner i flæng: Jens Otto Krag, kong Carl Gustaf, Tiger Woods, Brad Pitt, David Letterman, Donald Trump, Bill Clinton, Silvio Berlusconi og senest Arnold Schwarzenegger og direktøren for Den Internationale Valutafond, Dominique Strauss-Kahn. Mænd i magtfulde stillinger er selvfølgelig ekstra meget i mediernes søgelys, så der bliver kastet skarpt lys på deres privatliv. Læs mere/Read more: Videnskab Denmark
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Why Powerful Men (Like Arnold) Cheat
Fox News: Another day, another political sex scandal. This time, it's former California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger acknowledging this week that he fathered a child with a member of his household staff more than a decade ago. And while psychologists and the public alike may not be surprised, we still wonder why he strayed. Experts say power gives men (and women) greater opportunity to stray and the overconfidence to think they'll get away with it. Read more: Fox News
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Nice Guys Finish First
The New York Times: The story of evolution, we have been told, is the story of the survival of the fittest. The strong eat the weak. The creatures that adapt to the environment pass on their selfish genes. Those that do not become extinct. In this telling, we humans are like all other animals — deeply and thoroughly selfish. We spend our time trying to maximize our outcomes — competing for status, wealth and mating opportunities. Behavior that seems altruistic is really self-interest in disguise. Charity and fellowship are the cultural drapery atop the iron logic of nature. All this is partially true, of course.
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Geld maakt echt niet gelukkig
GezondheidsNet: Onderzoekers van universiteiten van Yale, Denver en Jeruzalem vergeleken meerdere onderzoeken naar geluk en concludeerden dat geluk niet gezien moet worden als een universeel goed 'iets'. In hun artikel in het tijdschrift Perspectives on Psychological Science beschreven ze een aantal negatieve voorbeelden van geluk. Geluk nastreven Geluk als doel stellen is eigenlijk per definitie al negatief. Mensen die geluk nastreven, eindigen in veel gevallen ongelukkiger. De verschillende methoden die in zelfhulpboeken vaak aangedragen worden zijn op zich zelf niet slecht.
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US psychologist Howard Gardner wins award in Spain for research into human intelligence
The Washington Post: Harvard University psychologist Howard Gardner has won Spain’s Prince of Asturias award for social sciences in recognition of his studies of how human intellect expresses itself in different kinds of skills. The prize was announced Wednesday by a foundation run by Spain’s Crown Prince Felipe. It said the American’s work has been “decisive for the evolution of educational models by taking into account the innate potentialities of each individual.” Read the whole story: The Washington Post
