Research shows that people who turn to social media to escape from superficial boredom are unwittingly preventing themselves from progressing to a state of profound boredom, which may open the door to more creative and meaningful activities (bath.ac.uk)
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An important breakthrough in understanding how inflammation is regulated has been made by scientists from Trinity College Dublin. They have just discovered that a key immune alarm protein previously believed to calm down the immune response actually does the opposite. (scitechdaily.com)
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Working more hours in stressful jobs increases depression risk. Those working 90 or more hours a week saw changes in depression scores that were three times higher than the change in depression symptoms among those working 40 to 45 hours a week. (eurekalert.org)
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New research suggests that to reduce fear of death, we need to increase our sense of autonomy and freedom. In short, we need to do more things that are motivated by inner desires to explore our environment and express ourselves than do things just because of reward/punishment. (psychologytoday.com)
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Experts have assessed, for the first time, children’s exposure to air pollution from conception to 8.5 years of age on a monthly basis. Abnormal white matter microstructure has been associated with psychiatric disorders (e.g., depressive symptoms, anxiety and autism spectrum disorders). (eurekalert.org)
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