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...researchers found that the students who were preoccupied with death tended to generate significantly more positive-emotion words and word matches than the dental-pain group. DeWall thinks this mental coping response kicks in immediately when confronted with a serious psychological threat. In subsequent research, he has analyzed the content of the volunteers' death essays and found that they're sprinkled with positive words. "When you ask people, 'Describe the emotions that the thought of your own death arouses in you,'" says DeWall, "people will report fear and contempt, but also happiness that 'I'm going to see my grandmother...
...positive responses, such as jog or joy; others could be filled in neutrally or negatively - angle versus angry. In a separate word test, students paired a target word such as mouth with its best match: cheek, which is similar in meaning, or smile, which is similar in positive emotional content...
...person should be judged by the content of their character, not the contents of their underpants,” she said...
...Faculty of Arts and Sciences published “General Education in a Free Society,” known as the “Redbook” because of its colour. Let’s call it the “Whitebook,” because of its content...
...fair share of ballads. Yet they prove to be just as great as—if not better than—his fast-paced rock songs. In “Hoy Me Voy,” which echoes past hit “Camisa Negra” in its content, Juanes’s voice comes through stronger than ever as he grieves over lost love, probably referencing his recent divorce. “La Vida...Es Un Ratico”, which gives the album its title, is an embodiment of a carpe diem philosophy. “Let anything...