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Social Pain Hurts Too
Most doctors don’t recommend Tylenol for a broken heart or a supportive friend for a headache. But an article published by Janet Taylor Spence Award recipient Naomi I. Eisenberger in the February 2012 edition of
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APS Journals February Reading List
Current Directions Those who play nice as kids have better-quality romances. http://cdp.sagepub.com/content/20/6/355.full Current Directions People may believe men are from Mars and women are from Venus, but research says they’re more similar than we think.
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Even Strangers Can Make You Feel Left Out
msn: The need for a connection to other people is so powerful that being ignored by a stranger can make someone feel left out, according to a new study. People need to feel they are
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Facebook is Not Such a Good Thing for Those with Low Self-Esteem
In theory, the social networking website Facebook could be great for people with low self-esteem. Sharing is important for improving friendships. But in practice, people with low self-esteem seem to behave counterproductively, bombarding their friends
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Making Time Stand Still. Awesome.
Huffington Post: Check out this photograph. That’s aurora borealis, or the northern lights, as seen from the upper regions of Norway earlier this week. This spectacular display was fueled by one of the most potent
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We Feel Hurt Even When Strangers Ignore Us, Study Shows
Huffington Post: No one likes feeling left out, and a new study shows that even being ignored by a stranger hurts. The study, published in the journal Psychological Science, is based on the idea that
