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Commerce Websites Use Social Media to Build Loyalty

June 17th, 2013
Commerce Websites Use Social Media to Build Loyalty Online marketplaces are using instant messaging to create the sense of personal and social relationships between buyers and sellers. Researchers use the term ...

Can Software Actually Help Improve Your Social Skills?

June 17th, 2013
Can Software Actually Help Improve Your Social Skills?    MIT scientists have developed a software system to help people improve their conversational and interview skills. Experts say that social phobias affect about ...

New Study Pinpoints Two Distinct Forms of Gulf War Illness

June 15th, 2013
New Study Pinpoints Two Distinct Forms of Gulf War Illness  New research suggests there are two distinct forms of Gulf War illness, depending on which brain regions have atrophied. Researchers at Georgetown ...

Community Bonding Protects Your Happiness in Times of Stress

June 13th, 2013
Community Bonding Protects Your Happiness in Times of StressEmerging research suggests that social cohesion across communities can help others cope better with crises, ...

Real Smiles, Fake Smiles: What’s the Difference?

June 13th, 2013
Real Smiles, Fake Smiles: What's the Difference? Most would agree that smiles are contagious. But can there be a social benefit from ...

Video Games Can Rev Up Brain’s Use of Visual Input

June 13th, 2013
Video Games Improve Brain Speed New research further supports the notion that video games can provide tangible benefits to users. Duke University researchers discovered gaming not only trains a ...

Single Dads & Single Moms Suffer at Work: Non-Traditional Roles May Incite Workplace Bias

June 12th, 2013
Single Dads & Single Moms Suffer at Work: Non-Traditional Roles May Incite Workplace Bias  New research reads like a tract from the hidebound 1950s, not ...

Does Facebook Promote Narcissism?

June 12th, 2013
Does Facebook Promote Narcissism?According to a new University of Michigan study, some of our favorite social media sites serve as a vehicle to self-promote. Researchers Elliot Panek, Ph.D., Yioryos Nardis ...

Transcendental Meditation Linked to Higher Graduation Rates

June 11th, 2013
Transcendental Meditation Linked to Higher Graduation Rates A new research study suggests that the practice of Transcendental Meditation® may improve graduation rates and, consequently, benefit society as a whole. Researchers believe ...

Your Overconfidence Can Actually Be Dangerous

June 11th, 2013
Your Overconfidence Can Actually Be DangerousThe adage “often wrong, never in doubt” may be an accurate assessment of the way many people think, a flaw that may lead to ...