New findings show that anxiety and uncertainty can cause us to become more idealistic and more radical in our religious beliefs.
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July 6, 2010
September 24, 2009
Upheaval Leads To Less-Familiar Choices Where Comfort Food Is Concerned
You'd think in times of uncertainty, people would gravitate toward familiar favorites. But a new study in the Journal of Consumer Research shows that stress and upheaval actually lead people to choose less-familiar foods over "comfort foods." "Most of us can name our favorite 'comfort foods' and believe that we are most prone to seek them out during times of stress and upheaval," writes author
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August 15, 2009
Safe Haven Lacking For Sexually Assaulted LGBTQ Victims
Being a victim of sexual assault and seeking help is difficult for anyone, but when the victim is lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and/or queer (LGBTQ) the thought of reporting a crime may well be laced with added layers of uncertainty and mistrust, according to a study in Oregon.
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August 14, 2009
Little Safe Haven For Sexually Assaulted LGBTQ Victims, Study Finds
Being a victim of sexual assault and seeking help is difficult for anyone, but when the victim is lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and/or queer the thought of reporting a crime may well be laced with added layers of uncertainty and mistrust, according to a new study.
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May 18, 2009
Kids should be told of parent’s sickness (Sky News Australia)
Children should be told about a parent's cancer diagnosis as soon as possible because uncertainty is much more stressful than the truth.
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May 14, 2009
Varieties of Uncertainty
I’ve come across two interesting articles lately dealing with “uncertainty” and the role it may play in our decision-making processes.The first article (Vanni-Mercier et al., 2009) looks at the role of the hippocampus in computing (or representing) uncertainty. Different areas of the brain are known to process uncertainty, but this study gives evidence that the [...]...
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