volunteering

A vivid story can put us in a more altruistic mode, a study shows. UK researchers looked at the two ways people think about death - abstractly or specifically. They used a detailed story which placed the reader in a burning apartment…

Just-published research in the Journals of Gerontology: Medical Sciences shows that volunteering and similar social activities are helpful in staving off mental decline in later years, and can actually improve cognition.

OK, here's a quick task: take a minute to write down some common characteristics and behaviors that superheroes might exhibit... (DON'T read further until you have jotted down some ideas.) Done? You should know that I have…