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Depression and the immune system: recent research
Behavioral scientists have been studying depression and depressive symptoms for a long time, yet the etiology is still not fully known.
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New findings about the behavioral immune system
In a recent issue of Psychological Science, researchers report on a new finding that our immune systems may be dictating our behavior. When we notice that someone else is sick or has a rash, we instinctively try and avoid that person to keep ourselves healthy. This is called the “behavioral immune system” – we preform…
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Does stress make you sick? What we know about stress and the immune system
How does stress impact your health? That question has been studied intensely by psychoneuroimmunology researchers for over 30 years.
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Are you more of a conformist during flu season?
Looking back on social psychology’s greatest hits, my mind always drifts first to studies on conformity, largely because they make such good stories. Take Asch, for instance. Who would’ve thought that so many people would willingly follow the crowd in giving a blatantly wrong answer about line length? And then, of course, there’s Milgram. It…