Are we happier facing death?: « Here’s one for the annals of counterintuitive findings: When asked to contemplate the occasion of their own demise, people become happier than usual, instead of sadder, according to a new study in the November 2007 issue of ‘Psychological Science’. » (Via CogNews.) Voir aussi l’article du Time.
Dans la même revue (PS), un article relate les conséquences biologiquement mesurables en stress permanent (niveau de cortisols) associées à la durée de la pauvreté durant l’enfance.
Psychological Science, Volume 18 Issue 11 Page 953-957, November 2007 (Article Abstract): « The greater the number of years spent living in poverty, the more elevated was overnight cortisol and the more dysregulated was the cardiovascular response (i.e., muted reactivity). «