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(U-M Psychology Chair Terri Lee is an expert on sleep and the circadian rhythms we all live by. Changing your natural rhythms -- particularly during adolescence -- can cause major problems, she warns.)

("Watching media violence significantly increases the risk that a viewer or video game player will behave aggressively in both the short and long term, according to a University of Michigan study published today in a special issue of the Journal of Adolescent Health. The study, by L. Rowell Huesmann, reviews more than half a century of research on the impact of exposure to violence in television, movies, video games and on the Internet."The research clearly shows that exposure to virtual violence increases the risk that both children and adults will behave aggressively," said Huesmann, the Amos N. Tversky Collegiate Professor of Communication Studies and Psychology, and a senior research scientist at the U-M Institute for Social Research (ISR).")

(Women who exercise for a body shape motive, such as wanting to lose weight or to become toned, spend about 40 percent less time exercising than women who exercise for motives not related to achieving a certain body shape or weight.)

(Gershoff says that we overestimate how much.)

(Healthcare professionals should help prevent bathing accidents, not just treat people after they have had a fall in the bathroom.)

(We often form opinions and make decisions based on a lone, repetitive voice that we mistake for a chorus.)

(Analysis of data over 13 years with more than 800 adults shows that we're likely to see our spouses as more irritating and demanding as we age, while we are likely to see our relationships with children and friends more positively.)

(This research is about how couple who resolve conflict live longer than those who do not.)

(It takes young people longer to complete their schooling, settle into steady employment, and delay marriage and childbearing, according to new findings. Thus, it's become socially acceptable living with parents as an adult.)