News tagged with emotional balance


The unwelcome gift: Marketing and cross-cultural differences

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Jul 20, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Westerner consumers are more receptive to unexpected promotional gifts than their East Asian counterparts, according to a new study in the Journal of Consumer Research.


Study finds Zen meditation alleviates pain

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Feb 03, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Zen meditation - a centuries-old practice that can provide mental, physical and emotional balance - may reduce pain according to Université de Montréal researchers. A new study in the January edition of Psychosomatic Me ...





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Sleep changes predict the onset of physical changes associated with puberty

Medicine & Health / Health

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A study in the Dec.1 issue of the journal Sleep suggests that changes in children's sleep patterns that typically occur between the ages of 11 and 12 years are evident before the physical changes associated with the onset ...


Loneliness can be contagious

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

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Loneliness, like a bad cold, can spread among groups of people, research at the University of Chicago, the University of California-San Diego and Harvard shows.


The deciding factor: Empathy distinguishes modern humans from their primate ancestors

The deciding factor: Empathy distinguishes modern humans from their primate ancestors

Biology / Other

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(PhysOrg.com) -- What, exactly, distinguishes humans from apes? It’s certainly more than just our genes, renowned anthropologist Sarah Blaffer Hrdy told a Harvard audience recently (Nov. 18).


Women researchers less likely to receive major career funding grants, U-M study shows

Women researchers less likely to receive major career funding grants, study shows

Medicine & Health / Other

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Women were less likely than men to receive major funding for scientific research, according to a study from the University of Michigan Health System. The study also found that only a quarter of all researchers, ...


Study describes new tool in the fight against autoimmune diseases, blood cancers

Medicine & Health / Research

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A study led by a Scripps Research Institute scientist describes a new, highly pragmatic approach to the identification of molecules that prevent a specific type of immune cells from attacking their host. The findings add ...


Don't ignore your emotions at work, professor says

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

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(PhysOrg.com) -- “There’s no crying in baseball!” So said Jimmy Dugan, the manager portrayed by Tom Hanks in the movie “A League of Their Own.” Not so fast, says Vince Waldron, an Arizona State University professor of communication ...


Silver lining effect study, 'I have some good news and some bad news'

Other Sciences / Economics

created 22 hours ago | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Communicating "I have some good news and some bad news" is better than combining messages into a single, bleak result when small gains and large losses occur together, according to a study in the current issue of Management Sc ...


Superior Super Earths

Superior Super Earths

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

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Super Earths are named for their size, but these planets - which range from about 2 to 10 Earth masses - could be superior to the Earth when it comes to sustaining life. They could also provide an answer to ...


Heavy metal paradox could point toward new therapy for Lou Gehrig's disease

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

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New discoveries have been made about how an elevated level of lead, which is a neurotoxic heavy metal, can slow the progression of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or Lou Gehrig's disease - findings that could point the way ...


First Step To Success steps up in Albuquerque schools

First Step To Success steps up in Albuquerque schools

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Nov 30, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

A school-based behavioral intervention program developed under a federal grant in the mid-1990s at the University of Oregon, already in widespread use, now has shown real value on a complex stage, scoring ...



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