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Study: Despite Hardships, Black Men in Urban Communities Are Resilient
By Staff Reporter | Jul 06, 2012 01:49 PM EDTHealth programs should focus on men’s strengths to help them thrive amid societal stressors
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No 'God Spot' in Brain, Says Recent Study
By Staff Reporter | May 14, 2012 11:58 AM EDTA recent study conducted by the University of Missouri say that there is no "God Spot" in the brain as earlier beliefs suggest.
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Death Anxiety Increases Atheists’ Unconscious Belief in God: Otago
By Staff Reporter | Apr 04, 2012 12:25 PM EDTNew University of Otago research suggests that when non-religious people think about their own death they become more consciously skeptical about religion, but unconsciously grow more receptive to religious belief.
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Dare You Protest Against God?
By Staff Reporter | Apr 02, 2012 02:45 PM EDTIs it OK to protest God's actions—or inactions? This was the key question behind recent studies led by Case Western Reserve University psychologist Julie Exline.
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Insight: Lifting the Veil on Afghanistan's Female Addicts
By Amie Ferris-Rotman | Apr 02, 2012 01:47 PM EDTAnita lifted the sky-blue burqa from her face, revealing glazed eyes and cracked lips from years of smoking opium, and touched her saggy belly, still round from giving birth to her seventh child a month ago.
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Meditation Helps Emotional Behaviors in Teachers
By Elizabeth Fernandez | Apr 02, 2012 01:39 PM EDTSchoolteachers who underwent a short but intensive program of meditation were less depressed, anxious or stressed – and more compassionate and aware of others’ feelings, according to a UCSF-led study that blended ancient meditation practices with the most current scientific methods for regulating emotions.
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Transcendental Meditation: 5 Things to Know about Oprah's New Spiritual Practice
By Staff Reporter | Mar 26, 2012 08:56 PM EDTOprah Winfrey took the "Next Chapter" edition of her show to Fairland, Iowa on Sunday where she explored a new type of spirituality: Transcendental meditation
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Even Highly Religious Are Unethical When They Are Narcissists
By Jennifer Lee | Mar 13, 2012 09:33 PM EDTAlthough Devout and nominal Christians show better ethical judgment than the skeptics overall, when they have high narcissistic tendency, their ethical judgement is impaired making them hypocritical according to their own internalized value system.
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Are Religious People Better Adjusted Psychologically?
By Staff Reporter | Jan 20, 2012 05:33 PM ESTPsychological research has found that religious people feel great about themselves, with a tendency toward higher social self-esteem and better psychological adjustment than non-believers.
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