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• Good managers fake it
• Advantages of imaginary friends
• Protective communities may reduce risk of drinking in teens
• Brown eyes appear more trustworthy than blue: People judge men's trustworthiness based on face shape, eye color
• Deal or no deal: Five year olds make smart decisions in games of risk
• Online message boards provide outlets for mothers' concerns, researcher says
• Small price differences can make options seem more similar, easing our buying decisions
• Study examines how news spreads on Twitter
• Eliminating useless information important to learning, making new memories
• Expert suggests tried-and-true strategies to strengthen your relationship
• R U eating healthy 2day?
• Poll of psychologists cites emotions as top obstacle to successful weight loss
• E-games boost physical activity in children; Might be a weapon in the battle against obesity

Good managers fake it Posted: 09 Jan 2013 06:52 PM PST Managers recognize the need to feign their emotions at work, especially when interacting with staff. Researchers have established just how important it is that managers 'perform' or put on a public emotional show, even if they don't feel like it.

Advantages of imaginary friends Posted: 09 Jan 2013 06:52 PM PST Most parents do not worry if their young child has an imaginary friend and even see advantages in such an invisible companion.

Protective communities may reduce risk of drinking in teens Posted: 09 Jan 2013 03:59 PM PST Living in a caring community may help curb teenage alcohol use, while hanging out with antisocial peers can have the opposite effect, according to researchers studying substance abuse patterns.

Brown eyes appear more trustworthy than blue: People judge men's trustworthiness based on face shape, eye color Posted: 09 Jan 2013 03:58 PM PST People view brown-eyed faces as more trustworthy than those with blue eyes, except if the blue eyes belong to a broad-faced man, according to research published Jan. 9 in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Karel Kleisner and colleagues from Charles University in the Czech Republic.

Deal or no deal: Five year olds make smart decisions in games of risk Posted: 09 Jan 2013 03:58 PM PST You may have to be over a certain age to be a contestant on "Deal or No Deal", but children as young as five start to maximize their profits -- in cookies -- when making decisions similar to those on the show, according to new research.

Online message boards provide outlets for mothers' concerns, researcher says Posted: 09 Jan 2013 01:20 PM PST Parenting infants and toddlers can be challenging, and for generations, mothers have turned to other moms for advice. Now, with the availability of the Internet, mothers are consulting each other using modern venues: online message boards. Research indicates online discussion boards provide safe environments for mothers to anonymously express child-rearing concerns and receive support from other moms.

Small price differences can make options seem more similar, easing our buying decisions Posted: 09 Jan 2013 12:12 PM PST Some retailers, such as Apple's iTunes, are known for using uniform pricing in an effort to simplify consumers' choices and perhaps increase their tendency to make impulse purchases. But other stores, like supermarkets, often have small price differences across product flavors and brands. As counterintuitive as it might seem, these small price differences may actually make the options seem more similar, easing our decision to buy, according to new research.

Study examines how news spreads on Twitter Posted: 09 Jan 2013 12:11 PM PST A study of the Twitter activity of 12 major news agencies shows varying levels of success for the social network as a news-sharing tool, based on factors like article lifespan and number of retweets.

Eliminating useless information important to learning, making new memories Posted: 09 Jan 2013 09:42 AM PST As we age, it just may be the ability to filter and eliminate old information -- rather than take in the new stuff -- that makes it harder to learn, scientists report.

Expert suggests tried-and-true strategies to strengthen your relationship Posted: 09 Jan 2013 08:00 AM PST What are you doing to keep your relationship alive? A new study highlights the importance of five relationship maintenance strategies that couples can use to preserve or improve the quality of an intimate relationship.

R U eating healthy 2day? Posted: 09 Jan 2013 08:00 AM PST Teens receive an average of 114 texts per day! Couple this with CDC's report that high school students' consumption of fruit and vegetables is, on average, 1.2 times per day and it makes sense to start using text messages to inform teens about health. In a new study, it was found that, in order to inform and motivate teens, text messages should address the reality of today's adolescent lifestyles.

Poll of psychologists cites emotions as top obstacle to successful weight loss Posted: 09 Jan 2013 07:57 AM PST When it comes to losing weight, a popular New Year's resolution for many, people often focus on eating less and exercising more. But results of a new survey of psychologists suggest dieters should pay attention to the role emotions play in weight gain and loss if they hope to succeed.

E-games boost physical activity in children; Might be a weapon in the battle against obesity Posted: 09 Jan 2013 07:57 AM PST Video games have been blamed for contributing to the epidemic of childhood obesity in the United States. But a new study by researchers suggests that certain blood-pumping video games can boost energy expenditures among children who are at high risk for unhealthy weight gain.

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