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Depression Alleviated By Feeling Connected to a Group

It's not just being in a group that helps depression, it's identifying with the group that's vital.

Many studies have supported the common knowledge that depressed people gain comfort from others.

Now, though, new research finds...

Dr Jeremy Dean is a psychologist and author of PsyBlog. His latest book is
"Making Habits, Breaking Habits: How to Make Changes That Stick"

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The Quick Eye Movement That Reveals Whether It’s Love or Lust

How to tell just from the eyes whether it's love or lust.

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Hyper-Connected: What Depression Does to Your Brain

The brains of depressed young adults were compared with normal controls...

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Human Children Grow Up So Slowly Due to Large Brains, Study Finds

Why children grow at the pace of reptiles rather than mammals.

In comparison to many of its closest relatives, the human child takes a long time to grow up and require a correspondingly high degree of parental investment.

Human infants are more like reptiles than mammals in the amount of time it takes for them...

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Direct Brain-to-Brain Communication Demonstrated Over The Internet

Messages sent from India to France, directly from one human brain to another.

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People’s Suprising Empathy With The Pain of Their Enemies

Jewish people asked to watch the pain of neo-Nazis in brain imaging study.

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Why You Should Treasure Apparently Mundane Moments in Life

Study tests which memories can make us happy in the future.

People rarely miss a chance to record the highlights of their lives.

Phones, albums and social media sites are full to bursting with holiday snaps, wedding videos, baby photos, and all the rest.

But even the more mundane...

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A Curious New Sleep Disorder That Affects One in Seven

Survey of almost 20,000 people finds 15% had experienced this sleep disorder in the last year and half of these at least once a week.

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How To Get a Bigger Buzz From Upbeat Music

How you can get that beautiful chills-down-the-spine feeling.

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Long-Held Belief About Depression Challenged by New Study

The flaw in the most common treatment for depression.

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