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| LIF | Second Life Data Offers Window Into How Trends Spread
Do friends wear the same style of shoe or see the same movies because they have similar tastes, which is why they became friends in the first place? Or once a friendship is established, do individuals influence each other to adopt like behaviors?
July 7 at the Association for Computer Machinery's Conference on Electronic Conference in Stanford, Calif | 02-Jul-2009
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| LIF | Beating Bullies: Seeking New Solutions to Youth Violence
Sally Black, RN, Ph.D., associate professor of health services at Saint Joseph’s University in Philadelphia, was particularly happy to see the American Association of Pediatrics’ newly released policy statement on preventing youth violence. She was even more elated that for the first time ever the statement specifically addresses the issue of bullying, which Black has long been researching and advocating against.
Expert available | 02-Jul-2009
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| LIF | Study Links Migraine Headaches to Reduced Academic Performance
Adolescents suffering from migraine headaches are more likely to get lower grades and less likely to graduate from high school or attend college than their migrane-free peers. Those are the findings of a new study by Joseph Sabia, professor of public policy at American University's School of Public Affairs, and Daniel Rees, economics professor at University of Colorado Denver.
84th Annual Conference of the Western Economic Association International | 02-Jul-2009
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| LIF | Mexican Wives’ Mental Health Dives When Husbands Work in U.S.
A new study finds that Mexican wives who stay home when their husbands immigrate to the United States for work have poorer mental health than a comparison group. (Embargo expired on 02-Jul-2009 at 12:00 ET.)
Health Care for Women International | 02-Jul-2009
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| LIF | Study Shows the Negative Side to Positive Self-Statements
Psychologists Joanne V. Wood and John W. Lee from the University of Waterloo, and W.Q. Elaine Perunovic from the University of New Brunswick, found that individuals with low self-esteem actually felt worse about themselves after repeating positive self-statements.
Psychological Science | 02-Jul-2009
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| LIF | In the Eye of the Storm: Why Some People Stayed Behind
In 2005, a surprising number of people stayed behind and rode out Hurricane Katrina. Stanford University psychologist Nicole Stephens and her colleagues compared the views of outside observers with the perspectives of the New Orleans residents who actually rode out Katrina.
Psychological Science | 02-Jul-2009
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| LIF | Embargoed Story
Keywords: PHYSICAL ACTIVITY, DEMOGRAPHICS, ETHNICITY, CHILDREN, PARENTSA reporter's PressPass is required to access this story until the embargo expires on 06-Jul-2009 at 00:00 ET. | 02-Jul-2009
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| LIF | Peer Behavior, Not Communication Overload, Determines Mobile Device Use in Meetings
Organizational norms and social cues, not communication overload, are the strongest predictors of whether individuals use their laptops or smart phones to electronically multitask during a meeting, according to researchers at The University of Texas at Austin.
Management Communication Quarterly, Aug-2009 | 01-Jul-2009
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| LIF | Military Historian’s Latest Book Uncovers ‘Band of Brothers’ Falsehood
Despite the stirring portrayal in “Band of Brothers,” Easy Company of the 101st Airborne Division was not the first to enter Adolf Hitler’s Berchtesgaden mountain retreat near the end of World War II, says military historian Dr. John C. McManus in a new book. | 01-Jul-2009
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| LIF | People Sometimes Seek the Truth, but Most Prefer Like-minded Views
We swim in a sea of information, but filter out most of what we see or hear. New analysis of data from dozens of studies sheds new light on how we choose what we do and do not hear. The study found that while people tend to avoid information that contradicts what they already think or believe, certain factors can cause them to seek out, or at least consider, other points of view. (Embargo expired on 01-Jul-2009 at 00:00 ET.)
Psychological Bulletin | 01-Jul-2009
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