Psychology

Prolonged sitting at desk damages physical and mental health

While sitting for long hours is already known to spur health problems, it’s also bad for your mental well-being, findings of a new study show.

According to the findings of a recent study conducted by scientists at the British Psychological Society, professionals whose job profiles demand prolonged sitting hours run a risk of higher body mass

Breaking rules may make you seem powerful--study

Powerful people often bend rules according to their will, but can a rule breaker be perceived as powerful?

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According to a new study by researchers at the University of Amsterdam, people who violate basic rules of social behavior lead others to believe that they are powerful.

Violating a norm implies that one has the power to act according to one’s own volition in spite of situational constraints, which fuels perceptions of power, states the study published in 'Social Psychological and Personality Science.'

Revealed: why women find tall men attractive

That women prefer tall men is nothing new. But do you know why? A new study delving into the women psychology reveals that ladies prefer statuesque men not because they have height, but because they have better fighting capabilities.

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In evolutionary terms, tall men have a upper hand over their shorter counterparts as “blows of a taller man are more powerful than the thumps of a short man,” the Daily Mail reports.

Professor David Carrier, from the University of Utah, who led the research, said in a press release, “From the perspective of sexual selection theory, women are attracted to powerful males, not because powerful males can beat them up, but because powerful males can protect them and their children from other males.

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