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  • Relationships

  Playful adults have more romantic partners, study finds

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  Playfulness is associated with having a higher number of short-term and long-term relationships, according to new research published in Evolutionary …

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  • Mental Health

  Cannabinoid receptors in the brain appear to play a key role in the euphoric experience known as the “runner’s high”

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  Many people have experienced reductions in stress, pain and anxiety and sometimes even euphoria after exercise. What’s behind this so-called …

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  • U.S. Politics

  Trump supporters exhibit greater cognitive rigidity and less interpersonal warmth than supporters of liberal candidates, study finds

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  Supporters of Democratic candidates tend to be less cognitively rigid and more interpersonally warm than Trump supporters, according to new research …

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  • Pandemics

  Psychological distress may increase your risk of contracting COVID-19 and worsen symptom severity, study suggests

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  A longitudinal study conducted during the pandemic has found evidence that people with greater psychological distress are not only more likely to get …

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  • Mindfulness

  Practicing even a small amount of mindfulness meditation can boost interracial helping behavior

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  Brief instruction in a focused attention form of meditation can foster interracial helping behavior, according to a randomized controlled trial …

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  • Fake News

  People with collectivist values are more likely to believe in empty claims and fake news out of a desire to find meaning

  psypost.org - Beth Ellwood

  New research suggests that the human desire to connect and fit in with others may provide clues as to why people support unverified claims like fake …