Psychology Category Archives
Friendship - The Laws of Attraction
9 August 2009 | Interesting, Psychology | No Comments
When people are asked, “What gives meaning to your life?” friendship figures at the top of the list. Yet the dynamics of friendship have remained mysterious and unquantifiable. Like romantic love, friendships were thought to “just happen.” New research shows that the dance of friendship is nuanced—far more complex than commonly thought. With intriguing accuracy, […]
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20 Simple Ways to Get Happy
9 February 2008 | Health, Psychology | No Comments
#18) “Give priority to close relationships.” One study of more than 1,300 men and women of various ages found that those who had a lot of supportive friends were much more likely to have healthier blood pressure, cholesterol levels, blood sugar metabolism, and stress hormone levels than those with two or fewer close friends….
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Female strippers’ tips correlate to their fertility.
5 October 2007 | Psychology | No Comments
Psychologist Geoffrey Miller and colleagues tapped the talent at local gentlemen’s clubs and counted tips made on lap dances. Dancers made about $70 an hour during their peak period of fertility, versus about $35 while menstruating and $50 in between. Hmm, I think more research may be needed to confirm this data. Be back soon!
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10 Simple Tricks To Turn Your Brain Into A Powerful Thinking Machine
5 October 2007 | Psychology | No Comments
Curiosity about the world around you, how it works and how you can understand it will keep your brain working fast and efficiently. Use the ideas below to help attain your quest for mental fitness.
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7 Habits of Highly Ineffective People
7 September 2007 | Psychology, Life | No Comments
With a twist to the common list of habits that are useful to establish, here are 7 habits that you do best to avoid. Just like finding habits that can be useful for you it’s important to find the habits that are holding you back. They can easily become such a normal, everyday part of […]