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Encountering Connections May Make Life Feel More Meaningful
April 30, 2013 Experiencing connections, regularities, and coherence in their environment may lead people to feel a greater sense of meaning in life, according to a new ... > full story -
Good Days, Bad Days: When Should You Make Sacrifices in a Relationship?
April 30, 2013 A new study suggests that while making sacrifices in a romantic relationship is generally a positive thing, doing so on days when you are feeling especially stressed may not be ... > full story -
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New Zooming Technique for Entering Text Into Smartwatches
April 30, 2013 Researchers have developed a solution to the problem of entering text into the next generation of ultra-small computers. Called ZoomBoard, this text entry technique is based on the familiar QWERTY ... > full story -
Secondhand Smoke Presents Greater Threat to Teen Girls Than Boys
April 30, 2013 When teenage girls are exposed to secondhand smoke at home, they tend to have lower levels of the "good" form of cholesterol that reduces heart disease risk, according to a recent ... > full story -
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What Triggers Those Late-Night Snack Cravings?
April 30, 2013 The circadian system increases hunger and cravings for sweet, starchy and salty foods in the evenings, according to new research. Eating higher-calorie foods in the evening can be counterproductive ... > full story -
Why People Quit and Come Back to Facebook
April 30, 2013 With more than a billion active accounts worldwide, it can be easy to forget that some people don’t use Facebook. A new study suggests that “non-use” of the social networking site ... > full story -
Shedding Light on the Long Shadow of Childhood Adversity
April 30, 2013 Childhood adversity can lead to chronic physical and mental disability in adult life and have an effect on the next generation, underscoring the importance of research, practice and policy in ... > full story -
Strong Personalities Are Weak When Faced With Change
April 30, 2013 Management teams with members who have strong personality traits have difficulty adapting to rapid changes in their surroundings, according to new ... > full story -
How We Decode 'Noisy' Language in Daily Life: How People Rationally Interpret Linguistic Input
April 29, 2013 Suppose you hear someone say, "The man gave the ice cream the child." Does that sentence seem plausible? Or do you assume it is missing a word? Such as: "The man gave the ice cream to the child." ... > full story -
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Reading Wordless Storybooks to Toddlers May Expose Them to Richer Language
April 29, 2013 Researchers have found that children hear more complex language from parents when they read a storybook with only pictures compared to a picture-vocabulary ... > full story
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