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Study shows how stress triggers immune system
USA Today: Shedding some light on why stress might be bad for you, a new study finds that parts of your immune system ramp up when you get into personal conflicts with others. It’s not
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Where’s My SuperHero Cape?
Woman’s Day: A few days ago I talked about divorced people having a higher incidence of early death. Gee, that was swell, wasn’t it? That was the bad news, though, and now for the good
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Science’s “most beautiful theories”
Reuters: From Darwinian evolution to the idea that personality is largely shaped by chance, the favorite theories of the world’s most eminent thinkers are as eclectic as science itself. Every January, John Brockman, the impresario
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The surprising upside to hitting hard times
Today Show: It may be hard to look on the bright side when you’re mid-divorce or post-pink slip. But traumatic life events can actually benefit you in the long run, according to a new research
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What Do Polar Bears and Social Faux Pas Have in Common?
Scientific American: Fyodor Dostoyevsky is a psychological goldmine. If you can think it, chances are he wrote about it. But as far as I know, only once has his writing directly inspired psychological research—and it
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Healing After My Second Awake Brain Tumor Surgery
Huffington Post: The anesthesiologist grabbed my hand as I woke up in the room. As I embraced her touch, my head was locked into metal equipment even when I could move other parts of my
