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O que dizer e não dizer durante o sexo

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Thank you?!
Parece-me muito mau ter que agradecer...no inicío, durante e depois!

Vamos lá todos andar a tocar uns nos outros!

2010-05-14T07:28:00.000-07:00

By Rick Nauert PhD Senior News Editor
Reviewed by John M. Grohol, Psy.D. on May 12, 2010

A new study finds that physical contact, such as a pat on the back by a woman, increases a man’s risk tolerance.
Investigators discovered that men would risk more money if a female experimenter patted them on the back, than if she just talked to them or if a man did the patting.
The researchers think this comes from the way that mothers use touch to make their babies feel secure.

According to the researchers, when we are infants, we receive a lot of touch from our mothers. This creates a sense of attachment, which makes a baby feel secure.
This helps the youngster’s sense of adventure; they’re more willing to take the risks that come with exploring unfamiliar contexts and strange situations.

Jonathan Levav of Columbia University and Jennifer J. Argo of the University of Alberta wanted to know what happens when those babies grow up: Does physical contact also affect how willing adults are to take risks?

Participants were tested to see if they would take risks, such as investing money or taking a gamble.
When they started the experiment, they were greeted in different ways: by a female or male experimenter and with a light, comforting touch on the shoulder, a handshake, or no physical contact at all.

At the end of the experiment, they also filled out surveys that assessed how secure they felt. The researchers found that participants who were touched felt more secure and took bigger risks than those who weren’t – but only if they were touched by a woman.
The effect was stronger for a touch on the back than for a handshake, but went away entirely for participants who were touched by a man.

The results suggest that a woman’s touch works the same on adults as it does on infants: making them feel more secure and more willing to take risks.
The study is published online in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science.
Source: Association for Psychological Science

http://psychcentral.com/news/2010/05/12/a-womans-touch-can-be-risky/13748.html

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O consumo de Chocolate pode causar Depressão???

2010-04-30T01:46:00.000-07:00

Chocolate Consumption May Cause Depression

Chocolate has been blamed for love and lust, but now the sweet treat may soon get a bad wrap. Recent studies have found a possible link between chocolate consumption and depression.

Researchers, led by Natalie Rose, M.D., of University of California, Davis, and University of California, San Diego, studied the chocolate consumption of 931 men and women over a month.
The group was divided into three sections to consume varying amounts of chocolate. Each serving averaged about 1 ounce.
One group consumed 5.4 servings, another, averaged 8.4 servings, while the third group consumed 11.8 servings.
The people who consumed 8.4 servings of chocolate screened for possible depression. Those that consumed 11.8 servings exhibited signs of major depression. The smaller consumption group was just fine.
An interesting find, is that the results were consistent between men and women.
How the chocolate alters someone’s mood is still not clearly understood. But the research does add one more link between the connection of chocolate and our emotional state.
But whether chocolate can cause depression or if it is just used to pacify a bad day, will need further research.
The author explains:
“First, depression could stimulate chocolate cravings as ’self-treatment’” This may seem unlikely due to the fact that the people they studied did not exhibit signs of depression when admitted.
“Second, depression may stimulate chocolate cravings for unrelated reasons, without a treatment benefit of chocolate,” Like when you’re in a bad mood and just want to spoon a tub of chocolate ice cream.
“Future studies are required to elucidate the foundation of the association and to determine whether chocolate has a role in depression, as cause or cure,”

Artigo daqui

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