Want to extend your golden years? Find a sense of purpose. That decidedly self help sounding advice comes courtesy of a study done at Carleton, published in Psychological Science. How the hell would they measure something like that? Well, researchers looked at data from over 6,000 participants of the Midlife … Read More
Every September, we look at all the great talent out there in the NHL and say “Know what? Plan the parade!” Then comes March. And sadness. And shame. And how the hell could so many great players be so cumulatively terrible? Well, according to a study in Psychological Science, some … Read More
Once upon a time, really rich people didn’t work much at all: they had serfs, slaves, or other lower classes to do that for them. Everyone else, on the other hand, had to work all the time, because survival would be otherwise impossible. We’ve flipped that notion on its head … Read More
Can’t make up your mind about something? Can’t say we know that feeling, but then again, we’re pretty cocky. If we really can’t decide about something, we take the Two-Face route—sans snappy suit—flip a coin and call it fate. Here’s the funny thing, though: recent research suggests that shifting the … Read More
Looking for new ways to keep a healthy heart, but already exercise, eat right, don’t smoke, and all that good stuff? Well, foster a happy marriage. A study published in Psychological Science found that a supportive marriage was a predictor of good heart health. For the study, researchers had 136 … Read More
