Jeff Howe

The Trouble with Insecurity
How those who suffer from low self-esteem sabotage their own relationships.
Help For Jiggly Joints
Provides information on a gelatin-based supplement called Nutrajoint by Nabisco. Health benefits from the supplement; Effectiveness of Nutrajoint.
An Ad-verse Reaction
Focuses on the study conducted by a team of Dutch researchers which refutes the notion that people's behavior is consistent with their stereotypes of the people around them. How the people acted the opposite of how they would expect the famous person to behave.
Pride and Prejudice
Highlights the study on how people cope up with discrimination. Defense mechanism of Afro-American women who experience discrimination; How people in high society cope up when discriminated.
Leavin' on a Jet Plane
Looks at how couples who are to be separated from each other expresses their feelings. Origin of this human behavior; People's attachment with each other.
A Reason to Smile
Beautiful people with ugly personalities—are not so pretty.
The Stirring Sound of Stress
The internal alarm clock. Why we sometimes wake a minute before the alarm.
Share and Share Alike
For an effective meeting, make sure everyone knows the facts ahead of time.
Watch What You Say
Discrimination from the most unusual suspects. Why minority groups are still scrutinized.
The Fickle Finger of Fame
States that popular drama and literature in the past and present will still become popular in the future. Study conducted by Dean Keith Simonton, a psychologist at the University of California; Exemption to this fact.
He Said, She Said
Telling tall tales about your partner can improve the way you think about relationships—but worsen your actual memory.
Working Together to Win
Points out that cooperation increases the level of performance of people. How cooperation improves people's self-esteem; Study conducted by David Johnson, a doctor of philosophy graduate.
Show Me What You're Thinking

Suggests that people gesture less for the benefit of others than to help themselves think. Findings of a study by psychologists Jana Iverson and Susan Goldin-Meadow to know if people gesture while talking because they learn by watching others.

Foreign Friendships

Deals with the importance of close friendships among children living in Iceland and China. Research conducted by the Max Plank Institute for Human Development and the Chinese Academy of Sciences; Decisions on friendships; Icelandic value of personal freedom reflected; Friendship as a transcultural priority.

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