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Problem You spend a disproportionate amount of your downtime completing quests on WOW, tending to your vault in Fallout Shelter, and capturing tiles in Windward. Reality If you’re driven to create order out of chaos, are “attracted to clear, well-defined goals, and motivated to attain them”, it may suggest that … Read More
Problem It’s about 1PM and you’re cranky as hell. Solution Nap. No, really—a study in Personality and Individual Differences says it’ll make you less angry. Method Researchers gathered participants in the lab at around 1PM and made them do a bunch of irritating tests, which were designed to measure how … Read More
Problem A bunch of low-income dads don’t pay their monthly child support, and that makes them losers. Reality Actually, they may be paying more than their support in the form of in-kind goods for their kids, according to a study in the Journal of Marriage and Family. Method Researchers looked … Read More
Problem You sleep kinda poorly—what’s the worst that can happen? Reality You might be more susceptible to diabetes if you sleep poorly, according to a study in Diabetologia. Method Researchers know that higher levels of circulating non-esterified fatty acid (NEFA) concentrations are associated with insulin resistance, which plays a key … Read More
Problem Rudeness screws with workplace productivity, so it’d be good to stop. Reality Rudeness spreads like a disease, according to a study in the Journal of Applied Psychology. Method In one experiment, researchers had ninety graduate students practice negotiations with each other. They did a whole series of exercises and … Read More
