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People become happier as they get older, according to recent research. Happiness significantly rises for the over 50-crowd, and while physical health may decrease as people get older, mental well-being increases, something researchers attribute to the lowered personal and professional expectations older people place on themselves. Something else that comes with old age: an increased [...]
Video games represent a choice leisure activity and hobby for many kids, but games may have a lot more going for them than just their entertainment value. Studies reveal that video games offer psychological benefits for kids, among them the promotion of problem-solving and creativity skills and even the enhancement of positive emotions in child cancer patients. [...]
Everyone has regrets. Now, researchers can tell us what types of things people regret the most. Researchers from Germany set out to examine the ways in which regret affects emotional health. They conducted a study that involved three groups of participants: healthy young people who averaged 25 years of age; healthy seniors; and depressed seniors (both [...]
People tend to think of depression as a mental illness, but new research shows that depression and other psychological disorders affect the body as much as the mind. Researchers are starting to view depression as a whole-body, rather than strictly brain-based illness. Research has established that young people who suffer from long-term psychological stress, depression, [...]
