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Marriage may not always be as beneficial to health as experts have led us to believe, according to a new study.

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If you think giving someone the cold shoulder inflicts pain only on them, beware. A new study shows that individuals who deliberately shun another person are equally distressed by the experience.

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The myth of altruism and generosity surrounding Mother Teresa is dispelled in a paper by Serge Larivée and Genevieve Chenard of University of Montreal’s Department of Psychoeducation and Carole Sénéchal of the University of Ottawa’s Faculty of Education.

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The American Sociological Association (ASA) weighed in on the gay marriage cases before the U.S. Supreme Court today, filing an amicus brief outlining social science research that shows “children fare just as well” when raised by same-sex or heterosexual parents.

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Does your neighborhood really define health? Most of us make a choice between suburbs, countryside, or city and settle down. But others, particularly those living in poverty, don’t always get to make that choice—the choice that could actually determine our quality and length of life. So how does this choice affect our health? Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing PhD Candidate Laura Samuel is finding out.

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One of literature’s oldest mysteries is a step closer to being solved. A new study dates Homer's The Iliad to 762 BCE and adds a quantitative means of testing ideas about history by analyzing the evolution of language.

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A group of researchers used a statistical technique to identify the prevalence of cognitive impairment in centenarians and try to understand the cognitive changes that are part of extreme aging.

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Older people who have low expectations for a satisfying future may be more likely to live longer, healthier lives than those who see brighter days ahead, according to new research published by the American Psychological Association.

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New research shows the dramatic gap in household wealth that now exists along racial lines in the United States cannot solely be attributed to personal ambition and behavioral choices, but rather reflects policies and institutional practices that create different opportunities for whites and African-Americans.

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People become more politically liberal immediately after practising a spiritual exercise such as meditation, researchers at the University of Toronto have found.

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All employees are accountable for something, but very few fully understand exactly what they are accountable for, according to a new study conducted by Wayne Hochwarter, the Jim Moran Professor of Business Administration in Florida State University’s College of Business, and research associate Allison Batterton.

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Although immigration to the United States from Latin American countries has captured much public attention, immigrants also move between countries in Latin America but have more difficulty than those moving to the United States and frequently do not improve their lives by moving.

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A new psychology study from The University of Texas at Austin suggests the glue that cements the unique relationship between gay men and straight women is honest, unbiased relationship advice.

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Most parents carefully select what television programs and movies their children can watch. But Douglas Gentile, a professor of psychology at Iowa State University, says educational shows could come with an added lesson that influences a child’s behavior.

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The founder of a decades-long scientific study that has recently published results proving the benefits of early education today said policymakers will be challenged by President Barack Obama’s call for universal access to high-quality preschool.

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A new report published in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science, reveals that self-reported feelings of well-being — that is, overall happiness and satisfaction with life — tend to increase with age, but that a person’s overall level of well-being depends on when he or she was born.

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Narcissism has long been associated with envy in the field of psychology, but an Iowa State study provides new evidence about that connection.

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Even very young children understand that adults don’t always know best. When it comes to helping, 3-year-olds may ignore an adult’s specific request for an unhelpful item and go out of their way to bring something more useful, according to new research published by the American Psychological Association.

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Moderate intoxication may help a person notice minor changes in a visual scene, researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago have found.

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Both chronically jealous men and women show less interest in infants and decreased happiness upon receiving pregnancy news. But jealous women show a higher level of “parental investment” in a child than do jealous men.

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A national park offers more than beautiful scenery. Live interpretive programs bring park sites alive for thousands of visitors. The research team attended 376 live programs to identify the practices most commonly associated with more positive visitor outcomes.

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If that headline doesn’t grab your attention, new research from Washington University in St. Louis’ Olin Business School on the “Psychological and Sexual Costs of Income Comparison in Marriage” should. The study shows that men married to women with higher incomes are more likely to use erectile dysfunction medication than their male breadwinner counterparts.

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Recently rediscovered lectures by Michel Foucault are published in a new book co-edited by Bernard E. Harcourt and Fabienne Brion.

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A University of Delaware professor and collaborators in 9 other countries investigated why global consumers buy luxury goods. The reasons could alter how marketers operate.

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This Smithsonian Snapshot celebrates Black History Month with the 1960 Greensboro, N.C. Lunch Counter from the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History.