Two Stereotypes: Fat and Happy, Fat and Sad
Photo by goodmami via Flickr (Creative Commons). The Dieticians Association of Australia used new research published in the Australia Health Review to help promote its Healthy Weight Week, which was...
View ArticleThe Paper-Clip Game: Sad People in Happy Places
You know that old technique for measuring creativity, where you’re supposed to come up with as many uses for a paper clip as you can? I like to play a version of that game when I see interesting...
View ArticleHow Pavlov Messes With My Happiness
This article about “Happiness Hangovers” –about the letdown we often feel after good times– sparked a little discussion on my Facebook page about the tick-tick-tick of the clock on the TV show 60...
View ArticleThe Language of Dementia
New research from Penn State and the Benjamin Rose Institute on Aging finds that caregivers of people with dementia are not listening to what the people they care for want. The researchers interviewed...
View ArticleGood Stuff I’ve Learned In A Year Of Real World Research
This blog celebrated its first anniversary on January 1, so I am therefore compelled (it’s the law) to reflect on the past year. Writing Real World Research has been fun and also a lot of work. I read...
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