News tagged with emotional intimacy

Solitude contributes to a person's imagined intimacy with a TV character

(PhysOrg.com) -- If your best friend is a guy from "The Office" or a young doctor on "Grey's Anatomy," you may be relying too much on TV shows to fill a social void in your life.

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Oct 28, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Close caregiver relationship may slow Alzheimer's decline

A study led by Johns Hopkins and Utah State University researchers suggests that a particularly close relationship with caregivers may give people with Alzheimer's disease a marked edge over those without one in retaining ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Jul 22, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0




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A new take on the games people play in their relationships

Human nature has deep evolutionary roots and is manifested in relationships with family members, friends, romantic and business partners, competitors, and strangers more than in any other aspects of behavior or intellectual ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Mar 21, 2012 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Google+ 'Hangouts' grow in popularity

David Resnick used it to break through the anxiety and isolation of people who stutter. Joe Saad launched a business. M. Monica Malone, an extrovert whose damaged immune system left her a shut-in, found a ...

Technology / Internet

created Feb 23, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Can U.S. law handle polygamy?

HBO's Big Love and TLC's reality-TV offering Sister Wives have thrust polygamy into popular culture in the United States. Estimates are that somewhere between 50,000-100,000 families in this country are currently risking crimin ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Jun 21, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 20

Erectile ills often just a symptom

Erectile dysfunction is a common topic today - at least for TV advertisers. The three main drugs - Viagra, Cialis, Levitra - each has a "signature" image.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Mar 28, 2011 | popularity 2.7 / 5 (6) | comments 0

Preventing online relationships from blossoming into affairs

If you're single, Facebook and other social networking sites can help you meet that special someone. However, for those in even the healthiest of marriages, improper use can quickly devolve into a marital disaster.

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created Mar 01, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Secrets of Swift's intimate letters revealed

(PhysOrg.com) -- An Oxford University academic has applied digital image analysis to intimate letters sent simultaneously by Jonathan Swift to two women, with some surprising results.

Other Sciences / Other

created Jan 28, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (9) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Emotional intelligence peaks as we enter our 60s, research suggests

Older people have a hard time keeping a lid on their feelings, especially when viewing heartbreaking or disgusting scenes in movies and reality shows, psychologists have found. But they're better than their younger counterparts ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Dec 16, 2010 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (9) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

MDMA: Empathogen or love potion?

15 December 2010, MDMA or 'ecstasy' increases feelings of empathy and social connection. These 'empathogenic' effects suggest that MDMA might be useful to enhance the psychotherapy of people who struggle to feel connected ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Dec 15, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (7) | comments 2

Romantic partner may play role in reducing vulvovaginal pain

An investigation published in The Journal of Sexual Medicine has found that male partners who express greater support, attention and sympathy to women's chronic vulvovaginal pain may trigger more pain, but also increase sexual ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Sep 09, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Study finds young men more vulnerable to relationship ups and downs than women

Contrary to popular belief, the ups and downs of romantic relationships have a greater effect on the mental health of young men than women, according to a new study by a Wake Forest University sociology professor.

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created Jun 08, 2010 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (5) | comments 1 | with audio podcast


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