Tag Archives: sadness

Sadness response stronger with age

Posted on August 1, 2010 by rndsync

This is really uplifting and at the same times sad (no pun intended). As we grow old, we react and respond to sadness much more. This means we become more sympathetic as the elderly should but at an age when we … Continue reading →

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Happiness, sadness, loneliness, … more things are contagious than just disease

Posted on July 15, 2010 by rndsync

Happiness definitely is contagious. Is loneliness contagious kindness begets more kindness sadness is contagious There may be a literal truth underlying the common-sense intuition that happiness and sadness are contagious. A new study on the spread of emotions through social … Continue reading →

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