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Age and happiness – Why, beyond middle age, people get happier as they get older

Posted on December 17, 2010, 2:12 am, by marco.

The U-bend of life Why, beyond middle age, people get happier as they get older  Age and happiness http://www.economist.com/node/17722567?Story_ID=17722567 Dec 16th 2010 | from PRINT EDITION ASK people how they feel about getting older, and they will probably reply in the same vein as Maurice Chevalier: “Old age isn’t so bad when you consider the [...]

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Making something hard to read means it is more likely to be remembered

Posted on October 18, 2010, 8:24 am, by marco.

The Economist http://www.economist.com/node/17248892 Education Learning difficulties Making something hard to read means it is more likely to be remembered Oct 14th 2010  A PARADOX of education is that presenting information in a way that looks easy to learn often has the opposite effect. Numerous studies have demonstrated that when people are forced to think hard [...]

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