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Saturday, April 28, 2012

ScienceDaily: Living Well News

ScienceDaily: Living Well News


Big girls don’t cry: Overweight teens who are satisfied with their bodies are less depressed, less prone to unhealthy behaviors

Posted: 27 Apr 2012 09:01 PM PDT

A new study finds overweight teens who are satisfied with their bodies are less depressed, less prone to unhealthy behaviors.

Maintain your brain: The secrets to aging success

Posted: 27 Apr 2012 01:33 PM PDT

Aging may seem unavoidable, but that's not necessarily so when it comes to the brain. So say researchers based on counterintuitive evidence that it is what you do in old age that matters when it comes to maintaining a youthful brain rather than what you did earlier in life.

Thinking in a foreign language helps economic decision-making

Posted: 25 Apr 2012 06:39 AM PDT

In a study with implications for businesspeople in a global economy, researchers have found that people make more rational decisions when they think through a problem in a non-native tongue. People are more likely to take favorable risks if they think in a foreign language, the new study showed.

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