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Another study shows money can't buy love. Researchers questioned married couples about how important money is in a relationship. Couples who said money is important were found to have less stable marriages and more conflict than partners who are not materialistic.
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Happiness is a term that means different things to different people, but in general we all wish to have a mental state that is characterized by positive emotions. Scientifically, happiness is associated with substantial physical health benefits, such as lowered heart rate, lower levels of cortisol (a stress hormone), and less concentration of a plasma connected to heart disease.
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When scientists from New York and Moscow put their efforts together, they discovered a surprising fact: Europeans – at least Eastern Europeans – fall in love differently and view romantic love in a different light than their American counterparts. The quirk finding leaves room for lively debate about the cultural differences between nations.
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It is not a good-news day for singles out there: despite the apparent perks and luxuries of the single life, they apparently do come at a price. A steep price. Sociologists are now saying that single people, especially men, are more likely to die a decade earlier than their married counterparts.
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Children are getting less and less playtime at school and at home. This is not only contributing to rising levels of obesity among kids, but it also contributes to behavioral problems – some of which are then managed with drugs – and decreased thresholds for learning. In fact, by cutting recess time, schools may be furthering a problem they are trying to forestall.
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The roiling debate over economics, taxes, debt ceilings and defaults that is now rocking the stock market and affecting our financial stability as a nation is largely rooted in an upper class "ideology of self-interest,” according to psychologist and social scientist Dacher Keltner. Which is why his research on the relative lack of empathy among the rich is so relevant to us today.
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The younger generation is redefining – or perhaps introducing – committed relationship parameters. They are increasingly engaged in what researchers call “stayover relationships.” University of Missouri researcher Tyler Jamison defines them as relationships in which young people spent three or more nights together a week and still kept their own places.
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To the brain, love is love: it does not seem to matter whether you are straight or gay, male or female when it comes to romantic love. That was the finding from a new study from University College London, where investigators used functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to study brain activity in people in love.
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Drinking alcohol is a common activity among young adults involved in a love relationship, but under what circumstances does drinking have a positive or negative impact on that relationship? A new study by researchers at the University at Buffalo and University of Missouri has identified some specific conditions under which these effects are more likely to occur.
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A new research report from the University of Warwick documents the widespread incidence of mental health issues and declining happiness that likely stems from a focus on economic growth. Professor Andrew Oswald,, a behavioural scientist at Warwick Business School, draws his conclusions from social-science, science and medical journals that indicate policy makers need to face the fact that economic growth is pointless if people aren't happy.
