Not to report too much on Facebook, but an interesting study was published over the summer about how Facebook photos predict later happiness. It was a small study, but in it, researchers coded a single Facebook picture for both men and women at their first semester of college and then compared that to their ratings of life satisfaction 3 1/2 years Read more…
“Lesson not just karate only. Lesson for whole life. Whole life have a balance. Everything be better. Understand?”-Mr. Miyagi Ever felt disheartened? Ever wonder when _____ will ever end? Ever had your life’s outlook be partly cloudy with a chance of thunderstorms? Maybe it’s just been one of those days/weeks/months/years? What to do when you’re in one of those funks? Think about Read more…
Researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison recently looked at dating couples’ use of Facebook and how it related to their relationship. In the couples that they studied, each partner had a similar amount of Facebook use and portrayed their relationship in similar ways. But it gets more interesting… When men indicated on Facebook that they were in a relationship, both they Read more…
“I like nonsense; it wakes up the brain cells.” Dr Seuss There’s nothing like the feel of cardboard underneath your back as you whirl around in a circle. Yeah, breakdancing was popular back in the day and I was into it. Totally into it. I was my-belt-is-actually-a-bandana into it. You get the point. My breakdancing career took off just after Read more…
Here at CI, we’ve talked a lot about the importance of empathy. Here’s some recent research to back it up. Researchers from Harvard Medical School and Bryn Mawr College examined empathy in 156 couples. In particular they were interested if people needed to be accurate in their attempts at empathy (i.e., really know how their partner was feeling) in order to Read more…
