A new look at people aged 95 and older found that those among us who focus on the positive and keep laughing are more likely to live longer. Plus, it turns out that those who more often practice self-deception less often enjoy a genuine laugh. Not surprisingly, it seems that depressed people spend more time [...]
Aug 16, 2012 | Categories:Brainsnacks, Health and Wellness, Trends | Tags: antidepressants, blame, depressed, depressed parents, depressed people, depression, depression trends, elderly, happiness, Internet usage trends, laughter, live longer, mental health trends, pregnant antidepressants, psychological trends, psychology, seniors | Leave A Comment »
It’s been the inspiration for popular classic songs from Hank Williams’ “I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry” and Elvis Presley’s “Are You Lonesome Tonight?” to the Beatles’ “Eleanor Rigby.” It’s an inescapable element of the human condition, as old as time. And as solo living becomes more popular, we debate the relationship to a growing [...]
Apr 25, 2012 | Categories:Brainsnacks, Health and Wellness, Marketing, Social Media, Trends | Tags: elderly, elderly lonely, Elvis Presley, George Clooney, Hank Williams, Jeff, kodokushi, loneliness, lonely, lonely deaths, lonesome, Marketing, meme, One Lonely Guy, psychology, seniors, seniors lonely, Social Media, songs about loneliness, The Beatles, Tokyo, viral | Leave A Comment »
Memory has factored heavily into past criminal convictions, but courts are setting new rules to ensure that witness testimony—no matter how clearly we may think we’ve seen and remember a crime—be viewed more like trace evidence rather than the prosecution’s pièce de résistance. There is a handful of people in the world who have what [...]
Jan 09, 2012 | Categories:Brainsnacks, Health and Wellness, Trends | Tags: Alzheimer’s disease, courts, crime, elderly, exercise, health, highly superior autobiographical memory, HSAM, memory, nutrition, OCD, science, seniors, Year of the Brain | Leave A Comment »
It’s so 2008 to complain that Mom and Dad have joined Facebook. The platform long ago ceased playing host to mostly college kids and their keg party pictures. These days, the average age of an American Facebook user has risen, to 38 in 2010, up from 33 in 2008. (Also of note: This average user [...]
Dec 14, 2011 | Categories:Brainsnacks, Marketing, Social Media, Trends | Tags: Advertising, aging, baby boomers, elderly, Facebook, Kevin Bacon, Marketing, Medicare, seniors, six degrees of separation, social connections, Social Media, SoMe, Twitter | Leave A Comment »
