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Meditation May Reduce Loneliness and Disease Risk

Meditation May Reduce Loneliness and Disease Risk | Science News | Scoop.it
A meditation technique may reduce loneliness, chronic inflammation and risk of disease in seniors, according to a new study.
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Forget the Internet. Traffic Is Making Us Lonely

Forget the Internet. Traffic Is Making Us Lonely | Science News | Scoop.it

Despite all the attention the Internet receives for supposedly causing social isolation, there may be a bigger cause right under our noses: automobile traffic.

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Our Disembodied Selves and the Decline of Empathy

Our Disembodied Selves and the Decline of Empathy | Science News | Scoop.it

"Hunched over our computers, communicating as disembodied blobs, we’re suffering a dearth of empathy transference. We’re little islands of one, free from the experience of stepping into another’s shoes, truly feeling what they’re feeling, and understanding where they’re coming from."

 

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Sakis Koukouvis's comment, May 1, 2012 3:31 AM
A very good article. Thank you