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Spanking Your Kids Into Juggernauts
“The odds of a child being more aggressive at age 5 if he had been spanked more than twice in the month before the study began increased by 50%,” Read more: http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1981019,00.html#ixzz0l5ShgMpS »
For the Battle-Scarred, Comfort at Leash’s End – NYTimes.com
…psychiatric service dogs specially trained to help traumatized veterans leave the battlefield behind as they reintegrate into society. via For the Battle-Scarred, Comfort at Leash’s End – NYTimes.com. »
Liver Transplants That Do Their Job, Then Fade Away – NYTimes.com
That result, seemingly a disaster, was exactly what his doctors had hoped for. They had deliberately withdrawn Jonathan’s antirejection medicine because he no longer needed the transplant. His own liver had — as planned — regenerated. via Liver Transplants That Do Their Job, Then Fade Away – NYTimes.com. »
Mixed Signals | Psychology Today
The difference between how you see yourself and how others see you is not just a matter of egocentrism. Like Kirsten, we all have blind spots. We change our self-conception when we see ourselves through others’ eyes. Part of the discrepancy arises because the outsider’s perspective affords information you yourself miss—like the fact that... »
New Muscles and Pounds Fuel Tanith Belbin’s Ice Dancing – NYTimes.com
also ended up saving Belbin from a problem that has long plagued figure skaters: disordered eating via New Muscles and Pounds Fuel Tanith Belbin’s Ice Dancing – NYTimes.com. »
Vital Signs – Strength Training Aids Mental Acuity in Women, Study Finds – NYTimes.com
Older women who did an hour or two of strength training exercises each week had improved cognitive function a year later, scoring higher on tests of the brain processes responsible for planning and executing tasks, a new study has found. via Vital Signs – Strength Training Aids Mental Acuity in Women, Study Finds –... »
Man convicted in fatal crash gets 15 years | Houston & Texas News | Chron.com – Houston Chronicle
Consequences follow every choice we make…good and not so good. What strikes me here is that upon reading this article I assumed drugs or alcohol were involved. They weren’t, apparently intelligence wasn’t either… via Man convicted in fatal crash gets 15 years | Houston & Texas News | Chron.com – Houston Chronicle. ….”a special... »
Finding Hope in the Midst of Depression | Mindfulness and Psychotherapy
The problem with this is that when the mind is looking for something so diligently, it is likely going to find it. In other words, any nuance that the depressive episode is happening again triggers the mind into habitual patterns of trying to “fix” the issue. via Finding Hope in the Midst of Depression... »
Mother, Damned-est | Psychology Today
Psychologically speaking, a difficult mother is a great deal more than a person with whom we have difficulties from time to time. A truly difficult mother is one who presents her child with a profound dilemma: “Either develop complex and constricting coping mechanisms to maintain a relationship with me, at great cost to your... »
Should Parents Spank Their Kids?: Scientific American
Most members of the task force … stand firm in their recommendation against corporal punishment, which is still used by more than 90 percent of American parents at some point and condoned by more than 70 percent of the population, according to 1995 and 2005 survey data via Should Parents Spank Their Kids?: Scientific... »