News tagged with unrealistic optimism
Unrealistic optimism appears common in early cancer trials
(Garrison, NY) Can optimism be ethically problematic? Yes, according to a new study, which found unrealistic optimism prevalent among participants in early-phase cancer trials and suggested that it may compromise informed ...
Jan 24, 2011 |
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Unrealistic optimism prompts risky behavior
Unrealistic optimism about drinking behavior can lead to later alcohol-related problems, according to research published in the current issue of Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin (PSPB), the official monthly journa ...
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Nov 17, 2009 |
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Power and the illusion of control: Why some make the impossible possible and others fall short
Power holders often seem misguided in their actions. Leaders and commanders of warring nations regularly underestimate the costs in time, money, and human lives required for bringing home a victory. CEOs of Fortune 500 companies ...
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Mar 03, 2009 |
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Mathematically detecting bubbles before they burst
From the dotcom bust in the late nineties to the housing crash in the run-up to the 2008 crisis, financial bubbles have been a topic of major concern. Identifying bubbles is important in order to prevent collapses that can ...
Oct 31, 2011 |
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Trauma patients protected from worse outcomes associated with so-called 'weekend effect'
Patients who've been hurt in car or bike crashes, been shot or stabbed, or suffered other injuries are more likely to live if they arrive at the hospital on the weekend than during the week, according to new University of ...
Mar 21, 2011 |
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Cell Transplantation reports a success in treating end-stage liver disease
Transplanting their own (autologous) bone marrow-derived stem cells into 48 patients with end-stage liver disease resulted in therapeutic benefit to a high number of the patients, report researchers publishing in the current ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Jan 11, 2011 |
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Survey shows many are clueless on how to save energy
(PhysOrg.com) -- Many Americans believe they can save energy with small behavior changes that actually achieve very little, and severely underestimate the major effects of switching to efficient, currently ...
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Aug 19, 2010 |
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Optimism boosts the immune system
Feeling better about the future might help you feel better for real. In a new study, psychological scientists Suzanne Segerstrom of the University of Kentucky and Sandra Sephton of the University of Louisville studied how ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Mar 23, 2010 |
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Study: Youth now have more mental health issues
(AP) -- A new study has found that five times as many high school and college students are dealing with anxiety and other mental health issues than youth of the same age who were studied in the Great Depression ...
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Jan 11, 2010 |
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New Evidence Shakes up Perceptions of Salt
(PhysOrg.com) -- As the 2010 Dietary Guidelines for Americans are currently under development and regulations surrounding sodium consumption are being considered, an analysis of evidence to be released online ...
Oct 15, 2009 |
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Computer scientists take over electronic voting machine with new programming technique (w/ Video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- Computer scientists demonstrated that criminals could hack an electronic voting machine and steal votes using a malicious programming approach that had not been invented when the voting machine ...
Technology / Computer Sciences
Aug 10, 2009 |
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New infectious diseases -- what's the risk?
With the current outbreak of swine flu, and in the absence of a vaccine or treatment at present, the only way to contain the virus is to get people around the world to take precautionary measures.
May 19, 2009 |
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Researchers eye clean energy possibilities along Portuguese coast
(PhysOrg.com) -- MIT researchers are working with Portuguese colleagues to design a pilot-scale device that will capture significantly more of the energy in ocean waves than existing systems, and use it to ...
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Dec 16, 2008 |
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