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Now, this is weird.  But it makes sense.  Obligation makes us trust strangers. Say what?  A  new study has found that "t rusting a stranger may have more to do with feeling morally obligated to show respect for someone else's character than actually believing the person is trustworthy,"according to new research published by the American Psychological Association, newswise.com reports. I fear I may be that person.  Brought up to show politeness and deference to everyone, I'm the person who says, "oh, I'm sorry" when someone else pushes their way past me.   "Trust is crucial not just for established relationships, it's also especially vital between strangers within social groups who have no responsibility toward each other outside of a single, transitory interaction. eBay or farmers' markets couldn't exist without trust among strangers," the Web site quotes lead author David Dunning, PhD, of Cornell University. "We wanted ...

Ever heard someone say she's weighed down by guilt?  Well, it's true.  You can actually feel the solidness of guilt. According to medicalnewstoday.com, " Researchers have shown, through a series of experiments, that the heaviness of guilt is a very real thing. They found evidence that the emotions attached to guilt can be "grounded in subjective bodily sensation." Researchers looked at something called "embodied cognition," which they say looks at how "thoughts and emotions can interact with the body to guide behavior," medicalnewstoday.com reports. The study examined three ways in which guilt is often experienced -- whether unethical acts increased subjective experiences of weight If feelings of guilt explain this effect, and Whether the weight of guilt brings any consequences. Researchers asked participants to recall something unethical they had done in the past, "including lying, stealing or cheating." Later, in a ...