As more and more Italians reach their 100th birthdays, younger generations are supporting a growing social safety net yet have fewer job opportunities.
Psychotherapy Via Internet as Good as If Not Better Than Face-To-Face Consultations
Does psychotherapy via the Internet work? For the first time, clinical researchers from the University of Zurich have studied whether online psychotherapy and conventional face-to-face therapy are equally effective in experiments. Based on earlier studies, the Zurich team assumed that the two forms of therapy were on a par. Not only was their theory confirmed, the results for online therapy even exceeded their expectations.
4 Psychological Tricks That Can Banish Bad Money Habits
If you’ve been making excuses for your lack of financial resolve, science may have your back:
Watch: Google Whiz Visualizes the Beach Boys’ Heavenly Harmonies
Paul McCartney says it brings him to tears. Tom Petty compares it to Beethoven. Bob Dylan, summing up the superhuman talents that allowed Brian Wilson to make Pet Sounds, probably said it best: “Jesus, that ear. He should donate it to The Smithsonian.”
…. Thankfully, Google designer Alexander Chen has given us a new way of appreciating Wilson’s genius. He’s visualized it.
How To Get Bicyclists To Obey Traffic Signals
After installing micro radar sensors in the pavement to monitor the behavior of bicyclists, Chicago has figured out how to make them obey traffic signals: give them their own.
The Great Divide: Status and Stress
The poor and powerless are at greater risk of early death.
The Dark Side of Liberation
“What Soldiers Do: Sex and the American G.I. in World War II France,” a book by the historian Mary Louise Roberts, documents rape and other misconduct among the greatest generation.
How Yoga Could Help Keep Kids In School
Scientific evidence is mounting daily for what many have long sensed: that practices like mindfulness, meditation, and yoga can help us address certain intractable individual and societal problems.
Facebook infidelity examined in new research
Thanks to a new study by Texas Tech University researchers, treating infidelity among couples may change due to the unique aspect of social networking sites, specifically Facebook.
Why You Shouldn’t Trust Internet Comments
The “wisdom of crowds” has become a mantra of the Internet age. Need to choose a new vacuum cleaner? Check out the reviews on Amazon. Is that restaurant any good? See what Yelp has to say. But a new study suggests that such online scores don’t always reveal the best choice. A massive controlled experiment of Web users finds that such ratings are highly susceptible to irrational “herd behavior”—and that the herd can be manipulated.