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Have you ever noticed when you are sad or angry that doing something mentally difficult — solving a puzzle or remembering a poem — tends to make you temporarily “forget” to be sad or angry? The moment you finish the difficult and engrossing task, the negative emotion often comes right back.
New research suggests that this [...]

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People who use Botox for cosmetic reasons report that they are able to use their faces in less mobile ways. That’s not surprising, given that botox impairs the muscles that produce wrinkles in the forehead and other areas. One byproduct of smoother skin is that users are not able to register emotional expressions in the [...]

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When people have too many romantic choices, either on the internet or during “speed dating,” they tend to choose partners based on superficial physical characteristics. You might think that having a large number of potential mates to choose from could help you make better choices. But new research suggests the opposite happens — as [...]

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Americans turn out to have the highest self-esteem at age 60, according to new research.
There are important variables and nuances, but the basic message might be surprising to many who believe that very young people have better self-esteem than older people.
Ulrich Orth and Richard Robins surveyed 3,617 adults in the United States between 1986 and [...]

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In the Dictator Game, a volunteer is given a certain goodie — raffle tickets, lottery tickets, money etc — and asked to divide it among a group of people that includes himself or herself. No one in the rest of the group has recourse to discussion or appeal, so the volunteer effectively plays “dictator.”
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If you won the lottery and had enough money to live comfortably the rest of your life, would you continue to work? The number of American adults who answer YES to this question is (a) About a quarter of all adults (b) About half of all adults (c) About two thirds of all adults (d) [...]

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What makes people happier — lots of quick conversations with lots of friends each day OR a few long conversations with a few friends?
Researchers recently fitted volunteers with a little device that recorded 30 seconds of sound every twelve minutes for four days. They collected about 20,000 recordings, and then analyzed the recordings to see [...]