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Stress really does mess with your mind. A new study has found that chronic stress can create many of the brain changes associated with mood disorders by blocking a gene called neuritin—and that boosting the gene's activity can protect the brain from those disorders. More on STRESS: http://www.scoop.it/t/science-news?tag=stress 
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This is the first evidence that sadness triggers an unconscious desire to reap rewards as soon as possible—even when this urgency comes at a very real cost, in dollars and cents. But the implications go far beyond personal financial dealings. Irrational impatience leads to widespread social problems, like massive credit card debt and epidemic overeating. Indeed, people make many of the most consequential decisions of their lives in an unhappy “need it now” state-of-mind—a psychological fact that future policy interventions might take into account.
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Maybe there are no atheists in foxholes, as the William T. Cummings famously said. But who the hell wants to live in a foxhole? Most of us would prefer a better crib. So if religion comforts the oppressed and miserable, it should follow that a lessening of human misery should lead to a drop-off in religious belief. That is, in any event, the conclusion of this paper, published recently in The Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. It analyzed self-reports from hundreds of thousands of people worldwide and found that there is indeed a connection between religious faith and happiness—but only in troubled societies.
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Apparently, sadness has the effect of bringing to mind "take the money and run" rationalizations, rapidly and elaborately, which can lead to lousy judgments and real financial losses.
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Low social status is bad for your health. Biologists are starting to understand why
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