As much as parents try to craft equal gifts for each child around the holidays, siblings still seem to fight over who got the better gift. New research reveals that parents may not always give fairly to each darling, in fact there's one sibling who takes the lion's share.

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Folge vom 20.12.2007Sibling Conflict Around the Holidays
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Folge vom 13.12.2007The Slow Down of Time in CrisisRecent research from the Baylor College of Medicine tackles the fascinating experience we have of time slowing down during a terrifying event, like a car accident. Does our brain track time differently during crisis? They say no, it's more about a trick of memory.
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Folge vom 06.12.2007Fear Gets Us to the GymResearch from the University of Bath reveals that the kind of messaging that persuades us to get to the gym is based on how we see ourselves in the future.
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Folge vom 29.11.2007See Your Doc to Stop SmokingTwo researchers from the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health published a review in the November 20th issue of the Canadian Medical Association Journal, of several hundred smoking studies. They conclude that success in quitting depends on a combo of meds and non-pharmacotherapy, but that a key component is the role of the physician. Just advising a patient to quit, actually doubles their quit rates. And long term follow-up, at least one year, is critical the researchers say.