Remembering with pessimism the holidays that have already passed can hurt you, according to a recent research by the University of Granada (UGR). In a study published in the journal 'Universitas Psychologica', Cristián Oyanadel and his colleagues conclude that when people have a negative attitude towards past events in their life, they perceive more pain and are more likely to become ill.
The "full nest phenomenon" is known as the fact that children over 18 years of age remain in their parents' home. As a group of researchers from the University of La Laguna has just confirmed, living with adult parents perpetuates family conflict.
On August 23, 1973, in the Swedish city of Stockholm, a robbery with hostages took place. Jan Erik Olsson, an inmate on leave entered the Kreditbanken bank of Norrmalmstorg, in the center of town. When the police were alerted, two officers arrived almost immediately. The robber wounded one of them and ordered the second to sit down and sing. Olsson had taken four hostages and demanded three million Swedish crowns, a vehicle and two weapons.
According to a Tel Aviv University study, getting along with co-workers has long-term health benefits. Specifically, Sharon Toker and her team have shown that employees who believe they have peer support at work tend to live longer.
Contrary to what was thought until now, having a pet may not make its owners happier, healthier or longer-lived, according to an investigation carried out by the psychologist of the University of Western Carolina (USA) Harold Herzog, who concludes that, at the moment, there is no compelling evidence to demonstrate these benefits.
New research by scientists at the universities of Singapore, Columbia and Hong Kong reveals that when we relax, the price we are willing to pay for a certain product increases by up to ten percent.
According to a study, we use the internet as our "personal data bank" and computers and online search engines have become a kind of "external memory" system that can be accessed at will of the user and to which human memory it is adapting.
According to a study of single Spanish people aged 35 years on average, they prefer to spend time with their family before traveling, listening to music and even meeting friends. The least practiced activities are playing video games, playing a musical instrument and playing board games.
Danni Büchner is invited to Sam Dylan's Halloween party. But the "Goodbye Germany" emigrant has no desire for many other party guests. And find clear words.
