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For Obesity, the Future Is Now
The Huffington Post: Obesity is largely a failure of self-control. I know it’s possible to quibble about calories and carbs and dietary fat, but fundamentally, obesity comes down to valuing fattening foods today, in this Visit Page
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Can Happiness Lead to Thievery?
A psychological study suggests that happy people may have an easier time in justifying their own immoral behavior. Visit Page
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Risk Factor for Depression Can Be ‘Contagious’
A new study with college roommates shows that a particular style of thinking that makes people vulnerable to depression can actually “rub off” on others, increasing their symptoms of depression six months later. The research Visit Page
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Weighing the Risks
No one can know everything; in our daily lives, we make do with the best information we can get. Psychological scientists are working to understand how people choose to learn facts about the world when Visit Page
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A New Way to Curb Drinking? Planting False (Bad) Memories of a Bender
TIME: Researchers are exploring the possibility that convincing drinkers they had a bad experience with liquor — even if they didn’t — could lead them to drink less. As surprising as it sounds, dozens of Visit Page
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This is your brain on music
CNN: Whether you are rocking out to Macklemore & Ryan Lewis in your car or reading with Bach in your bedroom, music has a special ability to pump us up or calm us down. Scientists Visit Page