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An individual’s level of commitment to religious rituals like praying and attending service is directly linked to their sense of personal control in life, according to new University of Toronto research.
U of T Sociology professor Scott Schieman interviewed 1,800 Americans in a groundbreaking survey that examined the link between levels of religious beliefs and sense of personal control over events and outcomes in everyday life. [continue reading…]
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Brain-imaging studies reveal that voting decisions are more associated with the brain’s response to negative aspects of a politician’s appearance than to positive ones, according to research published online in the journal Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience. [continue reading…]
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Financial Times journalist Tim Harford investigates the fast-emerging academic field of neuroeconomics, which works to understand why people make economic decisions. BBC Radio 4 has a feature podcast available for the next 5 days which explores the thinking and experiments of leading figures in the field to test the potential of their ideas, and considers where this new discipline might lead.
Source: BBC Radio 4 , hat tip to Tom at Mind Hacks
Tara Parker-Pope of the New York Times writes about the changing marital landscape and infidelity.To learn more about fidelity trends and why cheating rates are so tough to measure, read the latest Well column, Love, Sex and the Changing Landscape of Infidelity.
Source: New York Times, October 27,2008
