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Text messaging modifying our emotional responses

Experiments by German psychologists indicate that text messaging is subtly changing the way our brains respond to certain number combinations. Reporting their findings in the journal Psychological Science, the researchers say that just by typing the numbers that correspond to the letters in a word like “love,” we can activate the meaning of that word […]

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Stay Young With Positive Emotions

Why some older people experience a rapid decline in their physical and functional health while some of their peers remain healthy and active is a mystery only partly explained by genetic make-up. Two studies appearing in the journal Psychology and Aging show how psychosocial factors can also play an important role. In the first study, […]

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