In Praise Of ‘Good Enough’ New Year’s Resolutions

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New Year’s resolutions generally fall into two groups. In one particular group, you have your significant, lofty pledges: mastering a language, doubling your profits (in this financial system?), finishing some extraordinary bodily feat like a marathon or triathlon. Then there are the small, lazy ones: This calendar year, I pledge […]

Emotional expressivity after sleep restriction forecasts social problems years later — ScienceDaily

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When Shakespeare called sleep “nature’s soft nurse,” he was definitely onto something. Centuries later researchers have found that inadequate sleep in children affects their emotional functioning in ways that may predict longer-term social problems. A new study, published in Affective Science by University of Houston professor of psychology Candice Alfano, […]