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Significantly, the study found once the ‘ideal’ level of income was reached, further increases tended to be associated with reduced life satisfaction and a lower level of well-being because “money is only a part of what really makes us happy.” Few would argue with such a statement; after all, how do you put a price on health, happiness, a family’s warmth and love, on enjoying intellectual and physical challenges, listening to music and a million other things? Clearly, there are many m...

Significantly, the study found once the ‘ideal’ level of income was reached, further increases tended to be associated with reduced life satisfaction and a lower level of well-being because “money is only a part of what really makes us happy.” Few would argue with such a statement; after all, how do you put a price on health, happiness, a family’s warmth and love, on enjoying intellectual and physical challenges, listening to music and a million other things? Clearly, there are many m...

Date Time Having difficult conversations: Addressing vaccine hesitancy by Zoe Perrier, graduate student in the Department of Psychological Sciences, and Adrianne Fletcher, assistant professor and assistant dean for diversity and inclusion at the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences Regarding vaccine hesitancy towards the COVID-19 vaccine, about half the population is in the “movable middle.” More specifically, 20% are skeptical and 30% are open but uncertain. The...

WKU News Monday, April 26th, 2021 Dr. Jenni Teeters has high praise and high expectations for Shelby King, the 2020-21 recipient of WKU’s John D. Minton Graduate Student Award. “I am so grateful to have gotten to work with Shelby during her time in our M.S. program and am very excited to see her develop into a clinical psychologist whose research and clinical work will make substantial contributions to the community and the field,” said Dr. Teeters, assistant professor in the Department o...

Tarleton associate professor named SWPA President-elect TSU Newsroom STEPHENVILLE — Tarleton Associate Professor Dr. Thomas Faulkenberry has been named President-elect of the Southwestern Psychological Association, the affiliate organization of the American Psychological Association. Dr. Faulkenberry, assistant head of the Department of Psychological Sciences at Tarleton State University, previously served as SWPA treasurer and Texas representative. His three-year term ends in 2024. He also ...

Addiction experts seek to understand why people engage in extreme drinking Its a health crisis often hidden in plain sight. While binge drinking behaviors -- drinking alcohol to a blood alcohol concentration level of 0.08% or higher -- have been studied before, relatively little research has focused on peoples behaviors and the consequences surrounding "extreme" drinking, or drinking alcohol to a blood alcohol concentration level of more than 0.16%. Now, using a five-year, $2.5 million grant fr...

Excellence in mentoring:  Graduate students in Arts & Sciences who are recipients of this year’s S. Laurie Sanderson Awards for Excellence in Undergraduate Mentoring are (from left) Luke Herchenroeder, Nathan Cooper and Emma Wedell. Not pictured is Sunil Manandhar.  Photos by Stephen Salpukas/courtesy Photo - of - by Joseph McClain |  April 7, 2021 Undergraduate involvement...

People with high levels of emotional intelligence are less likely to be susceptible to fake news, according to research at the University of Strathclyde.

Virtual Brain Week will help schoolkids, home-bound attendees get out of their heads This year’s cerebral celebration will bring a packed roster of researchers from Brown’s Carney Institute for Brain Science and beyond into classrooms and homes to expand knowledge about the brain. PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] — Kids across Rhode Island are familiar with the signs that spring is on its way — melting snow, longer days and plastic models of brains popping up in classrooms. The latt...

Did you click, or did a red flag go up in your head? If you clicked, you just fell victim to one of the most common types of scams – an attack called “phishing.” Phishing is when fraudulent emails purporting to be from reputable companies try to trick individuals into revealing personal information, such as passwords and credit card numbers. Because phishing is such a widespread and costly problem in cybersecurity, the U.S. Department of Defense has awarded two Texas Tech University�...