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Jul 31 Falling in love with your life is usually pitched as a matter of big changes, but the research on savoring points… The Artful Age Editorial Team
Jul 31 In a 1998 study, fifth graders praised for being smart chose easier tasks and lied about their scores after failing… The Artful Age Editorial Team
Jul 31 There is no single secret that makes aging automatically wiser, but a well-studied theory from Stanford explains why… The Artful Age Editorial Team
Jul 31 In 2010, a study of 42 adults claimed a two-minute ‘power pose’ raised testosterone and lowered stress hormones, but a… The Artful Age Editorial Team
Jul 31 Researchers who tracked toddlers during free play found they averaged 2,368 steps and 17 falls an hour, moving in short… The Artful Age Editorial Team
Jul 30 A review of 70 studies covering 3.4 million people compared being alone with feeling alone, expecting one to matter far… The Artful Age Editorial Team
Jul 30 Children raised in homes where books are read aloud daily hear roughly 1.4 million more words by kindergarten than… The Artful Age Editorial Team
Jul 30 When a child mixes white school glue with liquid starch, the long polyvinyl acetate chains in the glue tangle around… The Artful Age Editorial Team
Jul 30 The psychology of parents who keep giving grown children advice they never asked for The Artful Age Editorial Team
Jul 29 When a child drags food colouring through shaving cream, the dye stays near the surface long enough to marble paper… The Artful Age Editorial Team
Jul 28 At two years old, a child engaged in messy sensory play activates touch, proprioception, smell, and vestibular systems… The Artful Age Editorial Team
Jul 28 Researchers who randomly exposed people to just minutes of pandemic news found it measurably worsened mood and optimism… The Artful Age Editorial Team
Jul 28 A study on group behaviour in children found that discipline and belonging pull in the same direction, and when they… Kiran Journals
Jul 27 Wanting more alone time with age isn't necessarily a sign of withdrawal, according to two studies The Artful Age Editorial Team
Jul 27 When a child paints a wax-crayon drawing with watercolour, the pigment beads and slides off the waxed lines because the… The Artful Age Editorial Team
Jul 27 When a child sprinkles chalk pastel dust across dark paper and smudges it with a fingertip, the soft calcium carbonate… The Artful Age Editorial Team
Jul 27 A meta-analysis of 84 studies found children with difficult temperaments were far more affected, for better and for… The Artful Age Editorial Team
Jul 27 Slow living isn't just a pleasant idea, according to two studies The Artful Age Editorial Team
Jul 26 Researchers who classified thousands of parents into five types found the two that damage children most aren't the two… The Artful Age Editorial Team
Jul 26 A partner who can't say what they really want takes a real toll on the other person, according to two studies The Artful Age Editorial Team