Health
Fruit, vegetables and exercise can make you happier
New research led by the University of Kent and University of Reading has found that fruit and vegetable consumption and exercise can increase levels of happiness.
Sep 17, 2021
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News tagged with self-control
Psychology & Psychiatry
What's the cost of self-control? New study tabulates the bill
A team of researchers has identified measures we take in order to skirt having to exert self-control in our daily lives—findings that offer new insights into what motivates human behavior.
Aug 26, 2021
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Key mental abilities can actually improve during aging
It's long been believed that advancing age leads to broad declines in our mental abilities. Now new research from Georgetown University Medical Center offers surprisingly good news by countering this view.
Aug 19, 2021
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Good results with online CBT for mental health effects of atopic eczema
The common skin disease atopic eczema (AE) impacts heavily on the life quality and general health of sufferers. Researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden have now evaluated its treatment with internet-delivered cognitive ...
May 19, 2021
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Stress does not lead to loss of self-control in eating disorders
A unique residential study has concluded that, contrary to perceived wisdom, people with eating disorders do not lose self-control—leading to binge-eating—in response to stress. The findings of the Cambridge-led research ...
Apr 12, 2021
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Link found between self-control in childhood and success later in life
An international team of researchers has found a link between degree of self-control during childhood and success later on in life. In their paper published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the group describe ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Smartphone screen time linked to preference for quicker but smaller rewards
In a new study, people who spent more time on their phones—particularly on gaming or social media apps—were more likely to reject larger, delayed rewards in favor of smaller, immediate rewards. Tim van Endert and Peter ...
Nov 18, 2020
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Psychology & Psychiatry
The marshmallow test revisited
When kids "pass" the marshmallow test, are they simply better at self-control or is something else going on? A new UC San Diego study revisits the classic psychology experiment and reports that part of what may be at work ...
Sep 9, 2020
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Psychology & Psychiatry
What makes us generous? It might be the first thing we pay attention to, researcher says
The notion that generosity requires self-control to overcome one's inherent selfishness may not be accurate, according to a new University of Toronto study.
Jul 29, 2020
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Psychology & Psychiatry
You might just be addicted: Smartphone use physically affects your brain, study says
In a world that relies on people having smartphones—from work emails to cashless businesses—developing an addiction to your device is becoming increasingly difficult. While some think it's only a mental issue, a new study ...
Feb 20, 2020
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