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How Your Marriage Can Make You Fat

by National Confidential | 03 April 2013 | 10:38 pm EST

Topics Diet, Health, Marriage, Psychology, Wedding, Weight

Side effect of tying the knot revealed.

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Study: Facebook Updates Promote Envy

by National Confidential | 23 January 2013 | 4:29 pm EST

Topics Facebook, Hanna Krasnova, Humboldt University, Psychology

A new study has revealed that 1/3 of participants experienced envy after loading up social networks and seeing good news from their friends.

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Study: Sex Addiction A Real Disorder

by National Confidential | 10 October 2012 | 5:18 pm EST

Topics DSM, Health, Hypersexual Disorder, Medical, Psychology, Sex, Sex Addiction

Sex addiction is under consideration for inclusion in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) — the official medical bible of mental conditions.

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Study: Shoes Accurately Reveal Personalities

by National Confidential | 18 June 2012 | 9:25 pm EST

Topics Fashion, Psychology, Shoe

A new study finds that shoes are an accurate judge of personality.

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Study: Red Dress Is Green Light To Sex Thoughts For Men

by National Confidential | 29 February 2012 | 12:09 am EST

Topics Adam Pazda, Fashion, Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, Psychology, Sex

A study from University of Rochester researcher Adam Pazda in the Journal of Experimental Social Psychology found that when men saw a woman wearing red they were more likely to believe that she was interested in sex.

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Study: Conservatives Have “Dark And Socially Destructive” Personality Traits

by National Confidential | 07 November 2011 | 9:55 pm EST

Topics Conservative, Marcus Arvan, Psychology

A new study finds that conservative moral judgements on several issues have a correlation with dark and anti-social personality traits.

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Sex Addiction Could Get Formal Recognition As Psychological Condition

by National Confidential | 13 March 2011 | 12:25 pm EST

Topics Medicine, Psychology, Science, Sex, Sex Addiction

“The ‘addiction’, in which sufferers have relentless sexual urges that feel out of one’s control, is being discussed by experts for inclusion in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders.” READ MORE

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Wharton Study: Money Buys Happiness

by National Confidential | 14 December 2010 | 9:08 am EST

Topics Economy, Money, Psychology, Science, Wharton School

Does money really buy happiness? A recent study by the Wharton School suggests that in some cases, it does — though not necessarily the way one would think. In a paper entitled “Subjective Well-Being, Income, Economic Development and Growth,” Wharton professors Betsey Stevenson and Justin Wolfers, along with first-year Applied Economics Ph.D. candidate Daniel Sacks, [...]

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Report: Britney Spears Has Crush On Female Psychologist

by National Confidential | 25 June 2010 | 11:20 am EST

Topics Britney Spears, Celebrity Romance, Gossip, Psychology

Britney Spears picture “BRITNEY SPEARS has a crush on her female psychologist. AND when the doctor realized their therapy sessions were sexually arousing the 28-year-old pop star, the counselor immediately cut off contact, a source told The ENQUIRER exclusively. ‘Britney was interested in her doctor sexually,’ revealed the source.” [Link]

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Study: Caffeine In Coffee Doesn't Wake You Up

by National Confidential | 03 June 2010 | 12:02 am EST

Topics Caffeine, Coffee, Food, Psychology, Science

Woman With Coffee picture “The Bristol University researchers found little variance in levels of alertness among the volunteers, says a report published online in the journal Neuropsychopharmacology. Peter Rogers, from the university’s department of experimental psychology and one of the lead authors of the study, said: ‘Our study shows that we don’t gain an advantage [...]

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