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Greed People who speak languages that weakly distinguish the present and future, such as Mandarin and German, are more apt to be successful in the future, argues Yale Business School’s Keith Chen in a new paper. Languages like English, Korean, and Russian require speakers to explicitly refer to the future--such as I “will go” and I’m “going to.” But languages that do not emphasize the difference between present and future allow speakers to conceptualize the future in the same vein as the present, and so the future doesn’t seem so distant, and preparing for the inevitable ... Read More

Lust You can bring the spark back into your relationship with one simple online program. No, this isn’t a ploy by OKCupid, but the opinion of researchers at the University of New England in Australia. In their study, a hundred couples were randomly assigned to either a four-week online relationship excitement program or put on a waiting list. The program encouraged users to participate in shared activities for 90 minutes a week; those who engaged reported significantly higher levels of satisfaction and excitement in their relationships. In a follow-up four months later, the couples showed ... Read More

Sloth Watch the movie Sleepwalk With Me, and you may understand the severity of unregulated adult sleepwalking, which occurs when the brain is partially awake, with no conscious awareness of actions. A new study in the journal American Academy of Sleep Medicine examines this condition. Yves Dauvilliers, the director of the study, found a higher frequency of daytime sleepiness, fatigue, insomnia, depressive and anxiety systems and altered quality of life in patients who sleepwalked. Of the 100 adult sleepwalkers studied, one in four had nightly episodes and double that sleepwalked at least ... Read More