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Spirituality Protects Against Depression Better Than Church Attendance
October 23, 2008 — Researchers have found that the different ways people worship a higher power can offer some insight into their risk for ... > full story -
Seeing Red -- In The Number 7
October 22, 2008 — Hypnosis can induce synaesthetic experiences -- where one sense triggers the involuntary use of another according to a new study in Psychological ... > full story -
Been There, Done That: Brain Mechanism Predicts Ability To Generalize
October 22, 2008 — A new study reveals how the brain can connect discrete but overlapping experiences to provide a rich integrated history that extends far beyond individually experienced events and may help to direct ... > full story -
Pleasure Seekers: Clubbing Is A Controlled Rave Experience
October 14, 2008 — Clubbers -- people who dance the night away in dance clubs -- are seeking communal, ecstatic experiences. And, according to a new study in the Journal of Consumer Research, modern clubbers get a more ... > full story -
Religiosity Curbs Teen Marijuana Use By Half, National Study Finds
October 10, 2008 — While many congregations of different faiths preach against drug abuse, it has been unclear whether a youth's religious involvement has any effect on his risk of drug abuse. Now a new national study ... > full story -
Compassion Meditation May Improve Physical And Emotional Responses To Psychological Stress
October 7, 2008 — Data from a new study suggests that individuals who engage in compassion meditation may benefit by reductions in inflammatory and behavioral responses to stress that have been linked to depression ... > full story -
Religion Makes People Helpful And Generous -- Under Certain Conditions
October 2, 2008 — Belief in God encourages people to be helpful, honest and generous, but only under certain psychological conditions, according to researchers who analyzed the past three decades of social science ... > full story -
Political Conservatives Fear Chaos; Liberals Fear Emptiness
September 24, 2008 — Political conservatives operate out of a fear of chaos and absence of order while political liberals operate out of a fear of emptiness, a new study finds. Social scientists long have assumed that ... > full story -
Republican And Democratic Values Compared
September 23, 2008 — Hoping to answer the question of which political party has a monopoly on the "best" values and how religion affects these values, a professor compared the "extrinsic" values (financial success, ... > full story -
Step Back To Move Forward Emotionally, Study Suggests
September 23, 2008 — When you're upset or depressed, should you analyze your feelings to figure out what's wrong? Or should you just forget about it and move ... > full story
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