Neurotic Men Improve the Health of Women, But Not Vice Versa

This is excellent news for my wife. Psychological researchers have discovered that women gain a health benefit by living with neurotic men:
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Conscientiousness is a good thing in a mate, researchers report, not just because it's easier to live with someone who washes the dishes without being asked, but also because having a conscientious partner may actually be good for one's health. Their study, of adults over age 50, also found that women, but not men, get an added health benefit when paired with someone who is conscientious and neurotic.

This is the first large-scale analysis of what the authors call the "compensatory conscientiousness effect," the boost in health reported by those with conscientious spouses or romantic partners. The study appears this month in Psychological Science.

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Image via flickr user Mr. Greenjeans

Coming up with images for Neatorama posts is rather tricky. I can either:

1. Take a picture myself.

2. Use an image from the article that I link to.

3. Find a relevant image through a Creative Commons search.

I chose #3 for this post. Then I have to verify it is really under a shared license, save it, load it into my own flickr account, post it, fit the dimensions into Neatorama's style guide, find the original user, and link to him.

This image was returned when I searched for the term "neurotic", and as the photographer explained it, it kinda made sense. It's a person whose mind is being pulled in many different directions at once.

Maybe I could have kept searching for something better, but I didn't have time. Or didn't make time.
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When I first saw that picture I instantly thought "that looks like [Radiohead singer] Thom Yorke!" It would've been a perfect fit for the article's subject matter.

Following the link to Mr. Greenjeans's Flickr account...turns out it's a "cast" of someone's face, found in the backyard of his customer.

Oh well. An interesting picture for an interesting article!
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That image made my heart flip and stomach turn; a total reaction to the abject! Was not expecting /that/ at 1:50 in the morning... It was like drinking a very strong cup of coffee very, very quickly.

Thank goodness I live with a conscientious neurotic; or maybe I'd be dead!
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