Add to that a new study by James Pennebaker and Molly E.

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Mr. Pennebaker conducted a variety of research projects ranging from Craigslist ads to Twitter messages to prove his point.

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"It rings true to me, " said psychologist James Pennebaker at the University of Texas at Austin who studies how people handle secrets and self-disclosure, but was not involved in the project.

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A. Pennebaker in a film which was released in 1968 under the title Don't Look Back, and which has just come out on DVD with an entire extra hour's worth of outtakes Pennebaker has entitled Bob Dylan 1965 Revisited.

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