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Can thinking of a loved one reduce your pain?
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Nov 13, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- "The very thought of you ... the mere idea of you" -- from the song "The Very Thought of You" by Ray Noble. Can the mere thought of your loved one reduce your pain?
Still irritating after all these years: Study of adult children and parents
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May 05, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The majority of parents and adult children experience some tension and aggravation with one another, a new study says.
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Physicists investigate 'best friends forever'
Apr 22, 2008 |
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Some friendships are short and fleeting, while others may last years. Although a wide variety of factors go into determining the strength of our relationships, the long-lasting ones seem to share a number ...
In the age of Facebook, researcher plumbs shifting online relationships
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Mar 30, 2009 |
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A University of Kansas professor is researching details of relationships forged on social networking sites and determining their significance, depth and potential.
Study maps network of 7 million cell phone users
May 14, 2007 |
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Scientists have constructed a map of a societal communication network based on the mobile phone usage of 7 million individuals during a span of 18 weeks. As the first study to have access to a large amount ...
Workplace, community engagement key to interracial friendship
Dec 21, 2007 |
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People who are involved in community organizations and activities and who socialize with their co-workers are much more likely to have friends of another race than those who do not, according to a landmark study of interracial ...
Writing for Friends and Family: The Interpersonal Nature of Blogs
Mar 31, 2008 |
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Some bloggers publicly broadcast highly personal information across the Internet -- information usually found in personal diaries or private journals. Why do they do this?
Close social ties make baboons better mothers
Jun 10, 2009 |
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Baboons whose mothers have strong relationships with other females are much more likely to survive to adulthood than baboons reared by less social mothers, according to a new study by researchers at UCLA, ...
Weak social ties at workplace increase risk of burn-out
Apr 09, 2009 |
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Long-term leaves of absence tied to stress-related diagnoses are often preceded by a long period without any secure and comforting social relations. This is shown in a recently published study in public health science at ...
Do co-workers engage or estrange after hours?
Feb 11, 2008 |
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It's true what they say. Business and pleasure really don't mix—at least not for Americans, according to a University of Michigan study.
Move over mean girls -- boys can be socially aggressive, too
Sep 16, 2008 |
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Society holds that when it comes to aggression, boys hit and punch, while girls spread rumors, gossip, and intentionally exclude others, a type of aggression that's called indirect, relational, or social. Now a new analysis ...
Active social life may delay memory loss among US elderly population
May 29, 2008 |
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One of the features of aging is memory loss, which can have devastating effects on the quality of life among older people. In a new study, Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) researchers found evidence that elderly people ...
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