It is no revelation to hear that television plays a significant role in a child’s development. How much of a role and what effect it has depends on the amount of television children watch and which programs they watch. And because of the violent and frightening nature of many TV shows, how good children are…
If you had to choose between staying home with your kids or leaving them at a daycare while you worked, which would you choose? What if your happiness depended on it? According to a Gallup poll, you’re better off punching in than staying in. The Gallup analysis looked at 60,000 U.S. women between the ages of 18…
People devote over 30-40% of every day speech to describing their private experiences or personal relationships. Social media sites like Facebook and Twitter capitalize on this desire humans have to talk about themselves. Posting statuses and tweets about pretty personal information like relationships and emotions is commonplace. People let others know where they are by…
Well-being is a broad term and encapsulates different things for different people. For some, well-being connotes a long life and good relationships, for others, it may mean an enjoyable, well-paying job. While well-being is often tied to emotional, physical, and mental health, a recent report shows that well-being has a geographic component as well. The best cities…
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 groups…
Eating right, exercising, getting enough sleep, and drinking plenty of water are often heralded as the hallmarks of health. We tend to see a healthy body as a sign of good physical health. Yet, a multitude of scientific studies show that our physical health is impacted by our minds just as much as by our…
People use Facebook to stay in touch with far-off friends, to look at photo albums of a recent family wedding or vacation, or (let’s be honest) to just procrastinate. We associate Facebook more with the word “downtime” than with the word “productivity.” In fact, half of the world’s CEOs completely prohibit the use of social…
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,…
Ever sit down to the table, devour your meal, and run off to the next activity? Amidst our busy lives full of rides to school, team carpools, and getting homework done, sometimes mealtime becomes just another necessary task on the list of to-dos. However, many parents have begun to re-think the importance of family mealtime…
As a society, we’re always on the go, so does that mean our brains are too? According to a report from the University of California, San Diego, in 28 years (from 1980 to 2008), our consumption of information increased 350 percent. People at work change windows or check e-mail or other programs nearly 37 times an hour. Yet, the…