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A warm TV can drive away feelings of loneliness and rejection

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Apr 22, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Not all technology meets human needs, and some technologies provide only the illusion of having met your needs.





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The language of luxury: Advertisers' language choices evoke different reactions

Other Sciences / Other

created Sep 15, 2008 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Multinational companies advertising luxury goods abroad should consider advertising those goods in English, whereas ads for necessities might be more effective in local languages, according to a new study in the Journal of ...


The language of luxury

Other Sciences / Other

created Sep 17, 2008 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Virtually every population in the world has at least one thing in common: multinational companies are vying for their attention. From General Mills in India to Godiva Chocolate in Paraguay, advertising is one of the most ...


Sensitivity to Rejection Based on Appearance Bad for Mental, Physical Health

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Jan 25, 2007 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Three new studies by a University at Buffalo psychologist offer the first known evidence that some people anxiously expect that they will be rejected by others because of their physical appearance, and that this sensitivity, ...


It's enough to make you blush

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Aug 07, 2008 | popularity 1.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

An academic from the University of St Andrews is to delve into a series of embarrassing situations in an attempt to discover who makes us blush.


Former child soldiers of Nepal at increased risk for range of mental health problems

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created Aug 12, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

In Nepal, former child soldiers display greater severity of mental health problems, such as symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and depression, compared with children who were not forced into military service, ...


Study links genetic variation to individual empathy, stress levels

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created Nov 16, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Researchers have discovered a genetic variation that may contribute to how empathetic a human is, and how that person reacts to stress. In the first study of its kind, a variation in the hormone/neurotransmitter oxytocin's ...



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