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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
Think that the colour of a woman’s outfit matters? Of course not—to you. But to other women, it can be a problem. A study published in Personality and Social Science found that women in red were seen to be more sexually available and more of a threat—by other women. In … Read More
Past research has shown that workplace happiness (or wellbeing) dips mid-career, starting around late twenties (cue the ’08 graduates cries of “that’s supposed to be mid-career?!”) and recovering in the early forties. A new study now has a reason for why this may be so: demands on time increase, while … Read More
Need to figure out your next big career move? Find the highest balcony you can and start pondering. Need to calculate the risk in shifting stuff around in your stock portfolio? Take a seat. Why do we say that? Well, according to a new study published in the Journal of … Read More
Spend a lot of time getting interrupted during sleep? Like if you’re a new parent, or need to leave your work phone on? Well, that’s just as bad as getting four hours of sleep a night. Which is pretty bad. This information comes to us courtesy of a study published … Read More
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