News tagged with feelings
Can money buy happiness? Gallup poll asks, and the world answers
A worldwide survey of more than 136,000 people in 132 countries included questions about happiness and income, and the results reveal that while life satisfaction usually rises with income, positive feelings ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jul 01, 2010 |
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PNAS-published poll finds some Christians find their own political beliefs conflict with Jesus' teachings
(PhysOrg.com) -- A new online poll conducted by a team of three researchers from Stanford University has found that of those who identified themselves as Christians and who also identified themselves as either politically ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Jan 31, 2012 |
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When it comes to accepting evolution, gut feelings trump facts
For students to accept the theory of evolution, an intuitive "gut feeling" may be just as important as understanding the facts, according to a new study.
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Jan 19, 2012 |
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Robots to the rescue (w/ Video)
Researchers are exploring ways to make rescue robots less "creepy" and more user-friendly, incorporating lessons learned from studies of how humans interact with technology
Mar 14, 2011 |
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Creative types handle negative feelings better than others
(PhysOrg.com) -- Imagine someone sitting on the floor with his or her head buried in their arms and leaning on the couch. Is this person crying, sleeping, sick, dizzy or playing hide and seek? The ability ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Feb 14, 2011 |
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Feeling warm makes people more likely to believe in global warming, study finds
(PhysOrg.com) -- Being in a warm room can make the idea of global warming seem more likely, according to researchers from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business and the Haas School of Business ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Feb 01, 2011 |
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Trust your gut ... but only sometimes
When faced with decisions, we often follow our intuition—our self-described "gut feelings"—without understanding why. Our ability to make hunch decisions varies considerably: Intuition can either be a useful ally ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jan 04, 2011 |
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Stomach-churning experiment not for the faint of heart
(PhysOrg.com) -- If someone is sick next to you on the bus, you'll probably feel disgusted, your stomach will turn and you will start to feel sick as well. But is your stomach churning because you feel disgusted, ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Sep 24, 2010 |
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Brain study shows that thinking about God reduces distress -- but only for believers
Thinking about God may make you less upset about making errors, according to a new study published in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science. The researchers measured brain waves for a ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Aug 04, 2010 |
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Laughter is not just funny
(PhysOrg.com) -- Everybody enjoys a laugh but new research from an international team shows it's not as simple as you might think.
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Jul 19, 2010 |
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Brooding Russians: Less distressed than Americans
Dostoyevsky and Tolstoy portrayed Russians as a brooding, complicated people, and ethnographers have confirmed that Russians tend to focus on dark feelings and memories more than Westerners do. But a new University of Michigan ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jul 13, 2010 |
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Robotic cell phones express emotions (w/ Video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- Ji-Dong Yim and Chris Shaw, scientists in Simon Fraser University's School of Interactive Arts and Technology (SIAT), are the proud parents of a robotic cell phone family that can walk, dance ...
May 04, 2010 |
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Toddlers appreciate good intentions, study finds
Researchers at Queen's University have discovered that toddlers as young as 21 months appreciate good intentions, and will do their best to reward the efforts of people who try to help them.
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Apr 07, 2010 |
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Shoppers who try harder to estimate spend more
(PhysOrg.com) -- The harder consumers try to track how much their groceries will cost, the worse they do, according to a new study co-authored by Brian Wansink in the March issue of the Journal of Marketing.
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Mar 02, 2010 |
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Barrow researcher reports that slow breathing reduces pain
Research performed by a scientist at Barrow Neurological Institute at St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center has shown that controlled breathing at a slowed rate can significantly reduce feelings of pain.
Jan 20, 2010 |
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