Emotion Regulation

Most of us have been told that keeping your “cool” is a great quality.  However, The Association for Psychological  Science has just issued a press release saying that new research suggests that keeping your emotions in check may not be as beneficial as once thought. They noted that being able to regulate your emotions in…

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Baby Emotions

Have you seen the viral video below? It’s already gotten over 21 million views and is rapidly spreading through the internet. The baby is 10 month-old Mary Lynne Leroux, who cries as her mother Amanda sings ‘My Heart Can’t Tell You No’, a song most recently popularized by Sara Evans. A recent Psychology Today article by…

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Cultural Communication – One Book at a Time

Communicating across cultures is big business and for one Chinese media company keeping up eastern and western relations is happening one book at a time. China Daily reports on Sinomedia International, a media enterprise that generates cross-cultural news, publications, entertainment and networking opportunities between the English-speaking communities and China related topics. Sinomedia International  focuses on…

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A Lying Politician: Rob Ford

Some dub him as the “Lance Armstrong of Toronto Politics” while others bluntly call him a “bully” and a “liar”. No matter what you label him, one thing’s for sure: Toronto Mayor Rob Ford is under major scrutiny since he admitted on Tuesday, November 5th that he smoked crack cocaine, an allegation that he has…

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