"The most successful health campaign in modern history": Cigarette smoking among US adults drops below 10% for the first time. Article in @voxdotcom.bsky.social based on data published in @nejm.org Evidence.
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Pleasure is the key to self-improvement. The way to really make a new habit stick is to lace it with instant gratification. From the @theguardian.com
Higher physical activity levels in mid and late life are associated with 41-45% lower risk of dementia, according to data from the ongoing Framingham study.
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Paul Ekman, the researcher that most psychologists, if not most people in general, associate with emotion research, has passed away at the age of 91.
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A subject that every US academic should be concerned about and vigorously advocating for: "Universities May Face Huge Costs From Trump’s $100,000 H-1B Visa Fee" -- from
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Soon-to-be-released new article, in which we address the always-controversial subject of faculty evaluations. My portion focuses on evaluations of research productivity in the era of the replication crisis, predatory journals, paper mills, AI, and hyperprolific authors.
In this paper, with Bastos, Andrade & Teixeira, we look at how to quantify affective responses to exercise sessions by a single indicator. We examined how affective end, peak, & other indicators predicted remembered and anticipated affect, enjoyment, and exercise frequency.
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