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·July 26, 2017·4 min read

Talking to Yourself in the Third Person Can Help You Control Stressful Emotions

Thinking or talking about oneself in the third person can lead people to consider themselves in similar ways to how they think about others, a new study reports. Researchers say talking about yourself in the third person may allow you to distance yourself from stressful experiences and help to regulate emotion.

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·June 26, 2017·4 min read

Lack of Sleep and Fighting With Partner Increases Inflammation

According to researchers, couples who fight following a lack of sleep expressed higher inflammation levels in blood samples.

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·June 19, 2017·5 min read

Investigating Emotional Spillover in the Brain

Study reports inhibiting the activity of the lateral prefrontal cortex can help knock out emotional spillover.

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·May 26, 2017·5 min read

Being Cruel To Be Kind: Making People Feel Bad May Be a Strategy For Helping Them

According to researchers, people may try to invoke negative emotions in others for altruistic reasons, not simply for their own benefit.

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·April 18, 2017·5 min read

Poor Sleep When You’re Depressed or Anxious May Make it Harder to See Positives

Sleep plays an important role in being able to regulate negative emotions, especially in people with depression and anxiety, a new study reveals.

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·February 2, 2017·4 min read

Brain Circuits May Reveal Which Young People Are Likely to Commit Suicide

Researchers find significant differences in the brains of teens with bipolar disorder that attempt to take their lives over those with the disorder who have never attempted suicide.