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Should Sugar Be Regulated like Alcohol and Tobacco?
TIME: Sugar poses enough health risks that it should be considered a controlled substance just like alcohol and tobacco, contend a team of researchers from the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). In an opinion piece called “The Toxic Truth About Sugar” that was published Feb. 1 in the journal Nature, Robert Lustig, Laura Schmidt and Claire Brindis argue that it’s a misnomer to consider sugar just “empty calories.” They write: “There is nothing empty about these calories. A growing body of scientific evidence is showing that fructose can trigger processes that lead to liver toxicity and a host of other chronic diseases.
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Réseaux sociaux : plus addictifs que l’alcool ou la cigarette ?
Yahoo! France: Passer une journée sans "checker" Facebook ou Twitter ? Impossible! Une étude américaine démontre que les réseaux sociaux sont aujourd'hui devenus totalement addictifs. Si parmi les addictions les plus fréquentes, l'alcool et le tabac sont souvent pointés du doigt, il y a désormais pire. Selon des spécialistes américains, vérifier son smartphone ou son ordinateur serait devenu une addiction bien plus importante, notamment parce qu'elle concerne une part massive de la population. Publiée dans le Psychological Science et menée par l'Université de Chicago, l'étude montre que nous sommes tout à fait capables de résister à nos envie de tabac, d'alcool ou encore de shopping.
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The emoticon on your face
Boston Globe: What’s in a face? We generally see it as a window into our inner lives — so much so that it’s possible to read our emotions from our facial expressions. And in recent decades, we have become enchanted by the notion that with a little specialized knowledge, we can read these feelings very, very accurately. A program launched at Logan Airport last year has trained security personnel to converse with passengers while scanning their facial movements for suspicious emotions. Companies like Affectiva, a spinoff of MIT’s Media Lab, are developing ways to automatically judge a person’s mood in part by observing the movements of facial muscles.
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Valentine’s Day shoppers spending more this year
USA Today: Cupid wants your money, and he'll get more of it than ever this Valentine's Day. John Smith of Alexandria, Va., plans on dropping about $400 treating his wife to flowers, jewelry and dinner. And he isn't the only one splurging. Consumers are expected to spend more this Valentine's Day than in the last 10 years, making February's ode to Cupid second only to the Christmas season in consumer spending, according to a National Retail Federation survey of more than 8,000 people, conducted by consumer surveyor BIGinsight. Those celebrating Valentine's Day will spend an average of $126.03, up 8.5% from 2011 and the most since NRF began the survey 10 years ago.
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14th SRA Biennial Meeting
Thursday, March 8, 8:30 AM through Saturday, March 10, 5:15 PM Preconference Events: March 7 All Sessions will be held in the Vancouver Convention Centre, East Register Now! and Reserve a Hotel Room! Access the 2012 SRA Program Online! Printable PDF 2012 Program Book Join Us in Vancouver Flier
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All About Online Love
When Dan Ariely was a teenager, he suffered burns so severe that he spent three years in the hospital. Ariely worried about how his injuries would affect the way he fit in socially — especially when it came to dating. Now a professor of behavioral economics at Duke University, Ariely recently spoke with Today Show correspondent Amy Robach about relationships and dating. Ariely and Eli Finkel — lead author of a new study on online dating in Psychological Science in the Public Interest — were featured in a CNBC report on online dating that aired Thursday, February 9.
