12-10-21 瑞典研究人员发现，从事创造性工作的人群患精神疾病的风险更高；其中，作家患躁郁症、精神分裂症以及滥用药物的风险要明显高于其他人，他们自杀的可能性是普通人群的两倍。 Creativity is often part of a mental illness, with writers particularly susceptible, acc...

12-10-19 Noise can be distracting, especially to a person trying to concentrate on a difficult task. Studying annoying noises helps architects（建筑师） design better building environments and policy makers choose effective noise regulations. To better under...

12-09-07 True love is we stick together in thick and thin. Especially when it's thin, when it's troublesome. Then we should really bridge over the troubled water. That's what they say in English. But most of us fail the test, to ourselves, not to our partner...

12-06-07 If you're middle-aged and your memory's not what it used to be, check the bathroom scale（体重秤） , researchers warned, suggesting overweight people tend to score more poorly on tests of memory than their thinner peers do. The findings suggest that...

12-04-05 Text purgatory is the mental suffering you go through when you are waiting for a response to a flirtatious text. 给心仪的人发了邀约短信后，在等待对方回复的那段时间里所经历的那种焦急等待的煎熬就叫text purgatory（暂译等短信的煎熬）。 Purgatory本来是一...

12-03-26 They have long been ridiculed for being sissies or too feminine. But now it seems that being a mummy's boy might actually be a good thing for a man. 一直以来，他们因为娘娘腔或阴柔气太重总是受人嘲讽。但现在看来，这些奶嘴男对妈妈的依赖也许是件好事。 A...

11-12-10 《神经心理学》期刊发表的一篇最新研究发现，左撇子的人面临更多的心理健康问题，包括多动症、失读症，甚至精神分裂症。 New research published in the journal Neuropsychologia finds that left-handed people are at increased risk for certain mental health iss...

11-11-11 As a fetus grows, it's constantly getting messages from its mother. It's not just hearing her heartbeat and whatever music she might play to her belly; it also gets chemical signals through the placenta（胎盘） . A new study, which will be published...

11-08-20 When it comes to mental illness, the sexes are different: Women are more likely to be diagnosed with anxiety or depression, while men tend toward substance abuse or antisocial disorders, according to a new study published by the American Psychologic...

11-08-09 A positive mental attitude is the right mental attitude in any given situation and is most often composed of the plus characteristics symbolized by such words as faith, integrity, hope, optimism, courage initiative, generosity, tolerance, tact（机智...