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Nursing a broken heart? How taking a paracetamol could dull the pain of rejection
Daily Mail: It’s what songwriters have been saying for years, and now scientists agree – love really does hurt. But what the ballads don’t tell us is that a simple dose of paracetamol could help
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Eyes have power to make us feel connected
Journal and Courier: As a student at Purdue University, Olivia Maple spends about 40 minutes a day walking back and forth to class on campus. Although she sees passersby, she tries not to make eye
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Broken Hearts Really Hurt
“Broken-hearted” isn’t just a metaphor—social pain and physical pain have a lot in common, according to Naomi Eisenberger of the University of Califiornia-Los Angeles, the author of a new paper published in Current Directions in
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The Need to Feel Connected
The Atlantic: The need for people to feel connected runs deep. According to a study conducted at Purdue University, even the gaze of a stranger makes a difference. When strangers pass you by without acknowledging
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Special Issue of Early Education and Development
The goal of the special issue Social and Emotional Learning in Early Education is to explore more deeply the role of social and emotional learning (SEL) in the development of 3- to 6-year-olds and programming
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Facebook can alienate people further – study
The Sydney Morning Herald: Facebook can help you accumulate hundreds of instant friends, but people with low self-esteem should limit their woeful comments or risk losing their cyber pals, a study reports. While the social
