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Nigel Barber Ph.d

Nigel Barber Ph.d

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Is Busyness Good for Us—or Is It Bad?

Our ancestors offer clues about how hard we can, and should, work.

20.11.2024 30

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Testosterone and Social Status

Elite status has echoes of testosterone-driven primate dominance.

26.09.2024 40

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Fast Food Is Fatal for French Youth

Inactive youngsters plus fast food tends to equal obesity.

18.09.2024 20

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Why Smartphones Stimulate Anxiety

We get stress and are deprived of close physical contact that neutralizes it.

04.09.2024 40

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Testosterone and Happiness

A surge in testosterone after winning sheds light on the joy of victory.

29.08.2024 30

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How Inequality Can Make Us Fat

Residents of highly unequal countries are at greater risk of obesity.

16.08.2024 20

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Reasons That Rich People Live So Long

Good fortune promotes health whereas poverty shortens life expectancy.

01.08.2024 40

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Why Workers Feel So Desperate Now

Worker alienation is creating revolutionary conditions.

16.07.2024 20

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At What Age Are We Happiest?

Why being middle-aged is a drag.

20.06.2024 20

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Should We All Feel Guilt for Climate Change?

One culprit stares back at us from the mirror.

31.05.2024 50

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Why Finns Are Happier Than the Irish

18.05.2024 60

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Why Some People Spend More Time Cleaning

We can look to personality or to history to explain cleaning behaviors.

08.05.2024 100

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Why Teens Love and Hate TikTok, Instagram

Just as addicts love and hate their drug, teens love and hate social media.

11.04.2024 20

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The Social Media Mob

It is often hard to know where street mobs begin and social media ends.

21.03.2024 20

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How People Become Emotionally Invested in Hate

Shared hatred unites groups and its spell is hard ot break.

15.02.2024 10

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Why Narcissism Is Rising

Social media encourages self-promotion but also sows insecurity.

01.02.2024 30

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How We Destroy the Environment by Flying

Tourists commit an environmental crime every time they fly.

24.01.2024 10

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How Physical Activity Sharpens the Mind

What the brain does is greatly connected to what the body does.

11.01.2024 10

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Exercise May Turn Fat Into a Weight Regulator

As well as keeping children warm, brown fat may keep adults lean.

08.12.2023 10

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