Word: formality
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...trying to correct negative thoughts can, paradoxically, intensify them, in the same way that a dieter who keeps telling himself "I really don't want the pizza" ends up obsessing about ... pizza. Rather, Hayes and the roughly 12,000 students and professionals who have been trained in his formal psychotherapy, which is called acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), say we should acknowledge that negative thoughts recur throughout life. Instead of challenging them, Hayes says, we should concentrate on identifying and committing to our values. Once we become willing to feel negative emotions, he argues, we will find it easier...
...Scientists have conducted several hundred studies of the theory that brain reserve - the effect of formal education and mentally challenging work and leisure pursuits - may, through some mechanism not fully understood, protect people against dementia. Aware that the studies had tossed up contradictory results, University of N.S.W. neuroscientist Michael Valenzuela and colleague Perminder Sachdev last year conducted the first systematic review of research on brain reserve. Having integrated data from 22 studies of possible links between people's behavior and their subsequent brain health, the pair bring down their verdict in a paper about to be published in British journal...
...messed up my shoes coming back from the formal,” said Michael Beal ’06, who attended the Black Students Association formal Saturday night...
...warning warranted? Not at this point, says Dr. Thomas Laughren of the FDA. But the agency will review the risk labels on the drugs and probably launch a formal study of cardiovascular dangers. Over-prescription is another big concern. Nissen notes that 10% of 10-year-old boys are being treated for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder...
...then feeding them smelling salts?GT: They get colds, too.THC: Is your fashion sense particularly influenced by the time you’ve spent in Europe? GT: My casual dress is very much influenced by my time there, men’s casual dress, but not my more formal dress. THC: Any particular reason?GT: Because most of the time I am in Paris and in Paris it’s a very grubby look.THC: Oh it is?GT: I mean it’s very elegant. There’s a store in Paris...which does men?...