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What Are Attachment Styles & What Do They Mean for Your Relationships?

You know about love languages, you know about zodiac signs. But one personality type/social behavior bucket you might not be familiar yet with is attachment styles. Whereas love languages and zodiac signs can feel woo-woo for some, attachment-based therapy is a popular form of psychological counseling rooted in decades of study and research. Neat, right?  […]

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Your March Horoscope Predictions Are Here

Read every sign's current 2021 horoscope predictions to see what's in store for you this year or check out each sign's personality profile to learn more about the zodiac. Welcome to March, star babies. The month is off to a fiery start when warrior planet Mars enters charismatic and flirty Gemini on Wednesday, March 3. […]

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What March's Leo Horoscope Predictions Mean for You

Read what your sign's 2021 horoscope predictions have in store for you or check out the Leo personality profile.  Welcome to March, Leo! Last month your sex life experienced a transformation, perhaps through exploring a new kink with your partner or treating yourself to a luxurious sex toy. This theme continues: When Mars, which rules our sexual nature, […]

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Positive student-teacher relationships benefit students’ long-term health

Teens who have good, supportive relationships with their teachers enjoy better health as adults, according to research published by the American Psychological Association. Perhaps surprisingly, although friendships are important to adolescents, the study did not find the same link between good peer relationships and students’ health in adulthood. “This research suggests that improving students’ relationships […]

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How Do I Stop Overthinking Once And For All?

Overthinking is like getting a bad pimple—it happens to everyone. Your mum, your sister, your best friend (obviously…you’re the first to hear about it!), they’re all guilty of it. So before I get started, take solace in knowing that you’re not alone in your never-ending “Omg, what if…” thoughts. Especially if you’re the high-achiever type […]

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Research questions link between unconscious bias and behavior: ‘Implicit bias’ is often cited as the underlying cause of discrimination;a new look at the evidence suggests the connection isn’t that strong

A new study calls into question the effectiveness of a popular concept for addressing social problems such as discrimination. Implicit bias, a term for automatically activated associations, is often perceived to be a primary cause of discrimination against social groups such as women and racial minorities. Identifying and understanding implicit bias and modifying behavior that’s […]

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How arousal impacts physiological synchrony in relationships

A team of researchers led by a member of the Colorado School of Public Health faculty at the Anschutz Medical Campus examined what type of social interaction is required for people to display physiological synchrony — mutual changes in autonomic nervous system activity. The study also looked at whether the levels of autonomic arousal people […]

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Many choices seems promising until you actually have to choose: UB research explains motivation factors contributing to choice overload

People faced with more options than they can effectively consider want to make a good decision, but feel they’re unable to do so, according to the results of a novel study from the University at Buffalo that used cardiovascular measures and fictional dating profiles to reach its conclusions. Despite the apparent opportunities presented by a […]

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What Is My Mercury Sign—And Why Does It Matter?

Even if you’re astrology-obsessed, you probably only think of Mercury when it goes retrograde (fair, because yikes). But Mercury doesn’t just determine whether or not you’re going to have a bad day. “In the birth chart, Mercury represents the way you recognise patterns, absorb and process information, and exchange ideas and information with others,” says Narayana Montúfar, […]