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Facebook May Not Be So Friendly For Those With Low Self-Esteem
NPR: Posting on Facebook is an easy way to connect with people, but it also can be a means to alienate them. That can be particularly troublesome for those with low self-esteem. People with poor
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Your Complicated Amygdala: Why Brain-Imaging Work Is Misleading
The Atlantic: Brain-imaging studies have been painting an overly-simplistic picture of the how the brain works. It has even filtered into TV programming. In one episode of a popular legal drama, a character claimed to
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Broken hearts really can be painful
Zee News: New Delhi: “Broken-hearted” is not just a metaphor as researchers have now revealed that social pain and physical pain actually have a lot in common. In the study, Naomi Eisenberger of the University
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In the Brain, Broken Hearts Hurt Like Broken Bones
TIME: Sticks and stones may break your bones, but names can hurt just as much. Indeed, according to converging evidence reported in a new review in Current Directions in Psychological Science, physical and social pain
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For Those With Low Self-Esteem, Facebook Makes Things Worse
The Atlantic: Facebook can be a boon for the socially awkward, a place where they can express themselves openly and connect more easily with others than they do in everyday life. But research from the
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Broken Hearts Are Truly Painful, Research Shows
The Huffington Post: If you’ve ever gone through extreme grief, a rough divorce or a break-up, you’ll know this to be true: that aching feeling in your heart truly hurts, and now research backs it
