Relationships Status envy: people envy other people’s social position more than their wealth Status envy: a study finds people envy others' social status (for example how respected they are) more than they envy others' possessions.Douglas HeingartnerJanuary 13, 2021
Parents and Kids Skipping a grade in elementary school is just fine for kids, new study finds A new study looked at the long-term effects of skipping a grade in elementary school, and found no negative effects on kids' mental health.Douglas HeingartnerJanuary 13, 2021
Parents and Kids New research finds that kids value animal life a lot more than adults do A new study finds that children lack the “speciesism” bias of adults, and value some animal life as much as human life. Douglas HeingartnerJanuary 6, 2021
Parents and Kids New study finds that kids with more self control are both healthier and happier at age 45 A new study finds that children with more self control turn out to be healthier, happier, and more financially sound at age 45. Douglas HeingartnerJanuary 4, 2021
New Study Shows... New study shows marriage rates in the US have seen “dramatic decline” A new study of marriage rates in the US shows a decline of between 26% and 44% in the four regions studied.Douglas HeingartnerJanuary 2, 2021
Sleep and Dreams Dream research: 62% of people report having “useful dreams” New dream research has found that most people say their dreams are sometimes useful, sometimes even using dreams to make major life decisions. Douglas HeingartnerDecember 31, 2020
Sleep and Dreams New study finds that we have more weird dreams as the night progresses A new study has found that the later it is at night, the more likely we are to have weird dreams and bizarre dream images.Douglas HeingartnerDecember 28, 2020
New Study Shows... Lonely people have a unique brain signature, perhaps due to so much imagined social contact A new study has found that the brains of lonely people differ from those of people who are not lonely, in significant and detectable ways.Douglas HeingartnerDecember 15, 2020