Why watching Oprah makes you a better person

Image: Oprah Winfrey opens a multi-million dollar school Other people's good deeds inspire the rest of us, study suggests

The warm and fuzzy feelings you may experience after watching others perform virtuous deeds may in turn lead you to act altruistically as well, according to a new study based on the results of two separate experiments.

Among the findings: People who watch inspirational clips from the Oprah Winfrey Show are more likely to commit to helping others, and spend more time doing a "good deed."... Read the full story.


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You must be a moron to need to watch a cheesey talk show to get the idea of helping others. Also, no one should make anyone else out to be some kind of diety. Please, she's a lady who had a talk show. So what, she got over her own problems just like all of us do. The idea of opening up a school is nice but I heard terrible reports of abuse and neglect at her school that she opened in Africa.

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