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More Evidence Linking ADHD to Comorbid Conditions

More Evidence Linking ADHD to Comorbid Conditions

A study from researchers in New Zealand has added weight to the idea that people with ADHD are significantly more likely to have other mental health conditions that people without it. ADHD ...
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Bike Desks May Improve Cognitive Performance

Bike Desks May Improve Cognitive Performance

We’ve all heard about biking to work. But here’s a slightly more radical concept: biking at work. Along with standing desks and treadmill desks, pedal desks are a way furniture designers have ...
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Shame Drives Emotional Eating

Shame Drives Emotional Eating

Why do people engage in emotional eating? Well, because they’re emotional, of course! It turns out, though, that not all emotions are necessarily equal when it comes to emotional eating. In particular, ...
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Some Habits Are Harder to Break Than Others

Some Habits Are Harder to Break Than Others

Our lives are full of habits, healthy and unhealthy, big and small. Sometimes we don’t even realize how deeply ingrained some of our regular behaviors are until we try to break them ...
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3 Ways People's Behavior Changes With the Time of Day

3 Ways People’s Behavior Changes With the Time of Day

Maybe you’re bright and full of optimism when the sun has just come up, but you’re falling apart by the time you get home in the evening. Or maybe you can barely ...
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How Often Do People Get Bored on Average?

How Often Do People Get Bored on Average?

Here’s an interesting study … about boredom. Lack of excitement might not seem like the most exciting research topic at first glance, but we all have a slightly different experience of boredom ...
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Why Lying Is a Slippery Slope

Why Lying Is a Slippery Slope

Have you ever wondered how some people can lie so much? If you answered "no," clearly you don’t follow politics. According to a study published this month, prolific liars may not be ...
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Talking While Making Eye Contact Is Harder Than It Looks

Talking While Making Eye Contact Is Harder Than It Looks

"What’s the right amount of eye contact?" is probably one of those questions where it’s best not too think too much about the answer. Kind of like "what muscles do you move ...
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The Mental Health Consequences of Natural Disasters

The Mental Health Consequences of Natural Disasters

When we see a natural disaster in the news, we might see pictures of houses destroyed and estimates of how many people are dead or injured. For survivors, though, there’s a less ...
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Basketball Players Make More Shots When They Think About Death

Basketball Players Make More Shots When They Think About Death

Here are two things you might not think to put together: basketball and contemplating the human condition. But put them together is exactly what researchers from University of Arizona did in a ...
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