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- Soda consumption increases overall stroke risk
- Your left side is your best side: Our left cheek shows more emotion, which observers find more aesthetically pleasing
- Why nagging can be good for your health
- Curbing college binge drinking: What role do 'alcohol expectancies' play?
- Can social media detect the changes in public mood?
- Sticking to our goals: What's the best approach for success?
| Soda consumption increases overall stroke risk Posted: 20 Apr 2012 09:38 AM PDT Researchers have found that greater consumption of sugar-sweetened and low-calorie sodas is associated with a higher risk of stroke. Conversely, consumption of caffeinated or decaffeinated coffee was associated with a lower risk.  |
| Posted: 20 Apr 2012 09:38 AM PDT Your best side may be your left cheek, according to a new study. Images of the left side of the face are perceived and rated as more pleasant than pictures of the right side of the face, possibly due to the fact that we present a greater intensity of emotion on the left side of our face.  |
| Why nagging can be good for your health Posted: 18 Apr 2012 10:48 AM PDT Over-30s can benefit from being nagged, nudged and cajoled by family and friends into being more active, according to new sport psychology research.  |
| Curbing college binge drinking: What role do 'alcohol expectancies' play? Posted: 18 Apr 2012 08:20 AM PDT Alcohol expectancy challenges, or social experiments aimed at challenging one's beliefs about the rewards of drinking, can successfully reduce both the quantity of alcohol consumed and the frequency of heavy or binge drinking among college students.  |
| Can social media detect the changes in public mood? Posted: 17 Apr 2012 05:05 AM PDT New research has analyzed the mood of Twitter users in the UK and detected various changes in the mood of the public. In particular, the researchers observed a significant increase in negative mood, anger and fear, coinciding with the announcement of spending cuts and last summer's riots together with a possibly calming effect during the royal wedding.  |
| Sticking to our goals: What's the best approach for success? Posted: 16 Apr 2012 08:31 AM PDT Consumers have an easier time starting toward a goal than finishing it, but according to a new study, a shift in attention can make all the difference in reaching the finish line.  |
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