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Francine Russo

Manhattan

Journalist at Freelance

Francine Russo is the author of Love after 50 & They’re Your Parents, Too! She’s written for The Atlantic, New York Times, Time, Parade & Scientific American.

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  • New Psychotherapies That Focus on Positive Experiences Could Better Treat Depression and Anxiety

    2 months ago | scientificamerican.com | Francine Russo

    Katie, a 40-year-old woman in the county of Devon in England, has battled depression most of her life. She’s received lots of treatment, including with cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT). The latter approach did help, she says.

  • The Psychology of ‘Shared Silence’ in Couples

    2 months ago | scientificamerican.com | Francine Russo

    A couple sits together on a sunny park bench. He appears to be studying the passing clouds; she’s absorbed in a novel. Some passersby might think, How sweet. Others might see them as bleak. They could be either. Until now, scientists have mostly ignored shared silences between romantic partners, concentrating on verbal exchanges: how to discuss feelings, negotiate needs and deal with conflict. But according to new research, silence can be a powerful communicator for couples.

  • The Surprising Benefits of Gossip

    Sep 5, 2024 | scientificamerican.com | Francine Russo

    Scientists have studied gossip for decades. That’s not surprising given the activity’s near universality in any social group, big or small. It’s estimated that more than 90 percent of people in workplaces in the U.S. and Western Europe indulge in such banter—defined as talking about someone not present. People in modern societies spend about an hour a day immersed in chin-wagging, one study reports. But investigators are now approaching this fixture of social life from a new perspective.

  • Archaeologists Uncover the Real Story of How England Became England

    Aug 27, 2024 | smithsonianmag.com | Eli Wizevich |Francine Russo

    The soldiers arrived in “three ships of war, with their sails wafted by the wind and with omens and prophecies … that they should occupy the country to which they were sailing three hundred years, and half of that time … should plunder and despoil the same.” So wrote Gildas, a sixth-century British monk, describing the Germanic conquest of Britain shortly after the end of Roman rule.

  • Archaeologists Uncover the Real Story of How England Became England

    Aug 27, 2024 | msn.com | Francine Russo

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Francine Russo @francine_russo1
2 May 23

If only people would read this piece about trans kids, they'd understand why it's so cruel to deprive them of puberty blockers and hormones https://t.co/TWvxwpswYI

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Francine Russo @francine_russo1
6 Apr 23

Personality Can Change from One Hour to the Next - Scientific American - https://t.co/qnmbxRDQXQ #GoogleAlerts

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Francine Russo @francine_russo1
7 Mar 23

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