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16 Sep 09

Therapy Fixes Color Blindness in Monkeys - Yahoo! News

Monkeys once color-blind can now see the world in full color thanks to gene therapy. The results demonstrate the potential for such methods to eventually cure human vision disorders, from color blindness to possibly other conditions leading to full blindness.

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22 May 09

I hate David Dellifield. The one from Ada, Ohio. | Penelope Trunk's Brazen Careerist

There is a reason for the reams of research showing that having kids does not make people happier.

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  • Parents need to be able to say that parenting is not fun. The day-in and day-out of parenting is very, very difficult. This is not even news. There is a reason for the reams of research showing that having kids does not make people happier.


    Daniel Gilbert, psychologist at Harvard, writes in Time magazine that we trick ourselves into thinking kids make us happy.


    Nattavudh Powdthavee, an economist at the University of York, published research in The Psychologist, that concludes, "Social scientists have found almost zero association between having children and happiness."


    Scott Stanley, a psychologist at University of Denver, reveals research that shows that marriages are much happier before the couple has children.


    So first of all, anyone who says that parenting makes them happy is probably lying. Just statistically speaking.

02 Apr 09

The Dark Side of Vegetarianism

oh, FFS ... pay attention to your damn kids and get to know them. there are *no* more risks to vegetarianism than there are in the "Standard American Diet". It's no panacea, and of course it can be adopted in the presence of disordered eating, but there's

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07 Mar 09

Mind - Interruption Can Make an Experience Better - NYTimes.com

In two new studies, researchers who study consumer behavior argue that interrupting an experience, whether dreary or pleasant, can make it significantly more intense.

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Musicians are fine-tuned to others' emotions - life - 05 March 2009 - New Scientist

A study has revealed brain changes involved in playing a musical instrument that seem to enhance your ability to pick up subtle emotional cues in conversation.

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