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Writing Meaningful Thoughts is Akin to Weight Loss Exercises: Study
International Business Times: It could be that the act of writing down values and beliefs is the next big fat-buster, as part of a mental diet strategy. A Canadian study suggests value affirmation as a
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A Simple Weight Loss Strategy. Really. Maybe.
Huffington Post: Dieting and weight control are really pretty simple. We gain weight and have trouble losing it because we eat too much and move too little. If we can switch that around, most of
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New Year’s resolutions in the works? Small steps are best
Los Angeles Times: So, you’ve made a New Year’s resolution to get healthy. No doubt you’ve banished all cookies and chips from the house and plan to hit the gym every single day. Let’s get
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Exercise Is Good for Your Waistline – But It’s a Writing Exercise
Is losing weight as simple as doing a 15-minute writing exercise? In a new study published in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science, women who wrote about their most important values
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Gregory R. Samanez-Larkin
Vanderbilt University, USA What does your research focus on? In general I am interested in how cognition and motivation develop and change over adulthood and into old age. Most of my recent work has specifically
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Aaron Kay
Duke University, USA www.fuqua.duke.edu/faculty_research/faculty_directory/kay/ What does your research focus on? My research focuses on the relation between motivation, implicit social cognition, and broad societal issues. I have a particular interest in how basic motivations and