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Texting before bed linked to higher stress
The Boston Globe: In a study of more than 500 people, those who used technology before bedtime reported higher levels of stress than those who didn’t, LiveScience reports on May 29. But the association wasn’t
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Wrinkles Make Faces Appear More Sad, Angry
LiveScience: Creases and furrows on someone’s face may put a wrinkle in our ability to properly judge his or her emotions, a new study suggests. In the study, participants viewed photographs of 64 faces, and
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Microbleeding in Brain May Be Behind Senior Moments
Science: People may grow wiser with age, but they don’t grow smarter. Many of our mental abilities decline after midlife, and now researchers say that they’ve fingered a culprit. A study presented here last week
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Thought of Money Makes You Less Social, Study Suggests
LiveScience: Subtle reminders of money can affect the way people behave in social settings, causing them to be less engaged with others, suggests new research. A group of researchers discussed results from ongoing investigations into
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Bending the Curve on a Long War’s Mental Toll
The Chronicle of Higher Education: Washington — The annual convention of the Association for Psychological Science, held here over the Memorial Day weekend, presented plenty of worry for those concerned over the field’s recent, high-profile
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Emotional Expressions and Shade of Skin Tone Affect Perception of Sex
We are very sensitive when it comes to processing faces. Subtle differences in physical properties of a face, such as configuration of facial parts, facial features, emotional expressions, skin shade, etc., can influence our facial perception.
