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Saturday, March 17, 2012

ScienceDaily: Living Well News

ScienceDaily: Living Well News


Checking off symptoms online affects our perceptions of risk

Posted: 16 Mar 2012 08:26 AM PDT

You've been feeling under the weather. You Google your symptoms. A half-hour later, you're convinced it's nothing serious -- or afraid you have cancer. More than 60 percent of Americans get their health information online, and a majority of those decide whether to see a doctor based on what they find. "Wow, this is an era of self-diagnosis," thought Arizona State University psychologist Virginia Kwan, learning that statistic. Psychologists have asked how might online information affect individual health decisions?

Brain imaging study finds evidence of basis for caregiving impulse

Posted: 16 Mar 2012 06:45 AM PDT

Distinct patterns of activity -- which may indicate a predisposition to care for infants -- appear in the brains of adults who view an image of an infant face -- even when the child is not theirs, according to a study by an international team of researchers.

Suppressing feelings of compassion makes people feel less moral

Posted: 15 Mar 2012 08:04 AM PDT

It's normal to not always act on your sense of compassion -- for example, by walking past a beggar on the street without giving them any money. Maybe you want to save your money or avoid engaging with a homeless person. But even if suppressing compassion avoids these costs, it may carry a personal cost of its own, according to a new study.

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