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What Leads to Adult Picky Eating?

What Leads to Adult Picky Eating?

It’s common knowledge that children can be choosy about which foods they eat, but what many people might not realize is that picky eating can last into adulthood. In more serious cases, ...
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Pessimistic Cows

Pessimistic Cows

Who says you have to be a person to have a personality? A new study from researchers University of British Columbia’s Animal Welfare Program has identified specific personality traits that tend to ...
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Personality Linked to Pro-Environmental Behaviors

Personality Linked to Pro-Environmental Behaviors

Whether you’re concerned with how your actions affect the environment could be partly a matter of personality. That’s according to a new study from researchers in Brașov, Romania that looked at whether ...
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Public Transit as a Mental Health Intervention

Public Transit as a Mental Health Intervention

An international team of public health researchers has found a promising new method of improving mental health among older adults: handing out free bus passes. In a study published in the Journal ...
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Why You Should Share Good News

Why You Should Share Good News

Yeah, I get it, you don’t want to brag. But it turns out that sharing good news you get might be the key to happiness. More exactly, it looks like sharing good ...
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How to Avoid Being Killed by Icelandic Vikings

How to Avoid Being Killed by Icelandic Vikings

Of all the things that keep you awake at night, no doubt being murdered by Vikings from Iceland is near the top of your list. Not to worry. A new study published ...
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Some Usernames Are More Trustworthy Than Others

Some Usernames Are More Trustworthy Than Others

Your choice in usernames could impact how people perceive your online persona. In particular, some usernames seem to be inherently more trustworthy than others, even when additional information about the person behind ...
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Life Changes Can Increase Narcissistic Admiration

Life Changes Can Increase Narcissistic Admiration

Are narcissists born or made? As with most psychological traits, the answer is probably: both, to some extent (although we’re not sure what extent). Under evidence for "made," though, you can add ...
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A Treatment for Test Anxiety

A Treatment for Test Anxiety

A few nerves before a big test can help you focus. A bad case of the jitters, though, becomes counterproductive – it makes it harder to concentrate, and it’s just downright unpleasant ...
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More Self-Compassion Means Less Ruminating on Social Situations

More Self-Compassion Means Less Ruminating on Social Situations

Do you ever play social situations over in your head, thinking about embarrassing moments or wishing you’d done things differently? Psychologists refer to this repetitive replaying of anxiety-provoking social situations as post-event ...
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