60-Second Psych

60-Second Psych

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Up Your Online Dating Game With Evidence-Based Strategies

Added: 14/02/2015

Nota: 3 (número de valoraciones: 8)

Choosing a username starting with an early alphabet letter is just one scientifically vetted way to increase the odds of turning an online encounter into a first date. Christopher Intagliata reports. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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Junk Diet Rewires Rat Brains

Added: 7/02/2015

Nota: 5 (número de valoraciones: 2)

High calorie and exceedingly pleasurable foods appear to change rat brain rewards circuitry, causing the rodents to continue to seek such fare. Erika Beras reports. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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High Price Tag On Meds May Boost Healing

Added: 31/01/2015

Nota: 4.3 (número de valoraciones: 3)

Parkinson’s patients derived more benefits from a salt solution they were told was an expensive drug than from the same solution when it was described as being cheap medication. Karen Hopkin... -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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Publication Bias May Boost Findings For Bilingual Brain Benefits

Added: 31/12/2014

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Of studies presented at conferences, those that found a cognitive benefit to bilingualism were almost twice as likely to get published in journals as were studies finding no benefit. Karen Hopkin... -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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Inclusion Illusion Lessens Racial Bias

Added: 20/12/2014

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Implicit bias against another race lessened after volunteers experienced themselves via virtual reality as a member of that race. Karen Hopkin reports. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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Blood Test Forecasts Concussion Severity

Added: 16/12/2014

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Levels of a protein fragment in the blood paralleled how long head injuries benched hockey players. Ingrid Wickelgren reports. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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Bouncy Gait Improves Mood

Added: 9/12/2014

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If you're in an up mood, you may walk more energetically. But a study finds that purposefully walking more energetically may improve your mood. Christie Nicholson reports. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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Synchronized Walking Reduces Opponent's Perceived Size

Added: 9/11/2014

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Subjects who kept pace with a walking colleague estimated a potential enemy to be smaller and lighter than did other walkers who were not marching. Karen Hopkin reports -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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Big Parental Control May Stunt Kid Assertiveness

Added: 3/11/2014

Nota: 0 (número de valoraciones: 0)

Young adults who’d had highly controlling parents were less able to stress their own viewpoints to a friend or partner in confident and productive ways. Daisy Yuhas reports -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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Lots or Little Sleep Linked to Sick Days

Added: 29/09/2014

Nota: 4 (número de valoraciones: 1)

Absence from work due to illness increased dramatically for those who slept less than six hours or more than nine hours per night. Christie Nicholson reports -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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Can’t Take My Eyes off You—Your Face, That Is

Added: 6/09/2014

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The direction of your gaze when looking at someone offers an unconscious, automatic giveaway of whether your initial reaction is romance or sex. Christie Nicholson reports -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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Talking to Strangers Makes You Happy

Added: 31/08/2014

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People who had to strike up conversations on a subway later reported feeling happier than those who didn’t. Christie Nicholson reports. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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People Think Experiences Bring Happiness, Still Opt For Things

Added: 24/08/2014

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Survey subjects rated life experiences as making them happier and as a better use of money than buying objects. But they actually spent their cash on material goods, whose value is more easily... -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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Childhood Stress Decreases Size of Brain Regions

Added: 16/08/2014

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Chidren who experience neglect, abuse and/or poverty can have smaller amygalas and hippocampuses, brain regions involved in emotion and memory, compared with kids raised in nurturing environments.... -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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Even Monkeys Believe In Hot Streaks

Added: 12/08/2014

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Monkeys trained to play fixed video games made moves indicating that they expected certain patterns to occur. Erika Beras reports -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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Brain State Bread Crumbs Lead Way Back to Consciousness

Added: 29/07/2014

Nota: 1 (número de valoraciones: 1)

Researchers studying anesthetized rats discovered a handful of activity patterns that may mark the path to consciousness after anesthesia. Karen Hopkin reports -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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Biggest Telescope Breaks Ground To Survey Space

Added: 24/06/2014

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The European Southern Observatory broke ground June 19th to build the world's largest telescope atop the Cerro Armazones mountain in Chile. Clara Moskowitz reports. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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Body's Pain Perception Mapped for First Time

Added: 23/06/2014

Nota: 0 (número de valoraciones: 0)

Our ability to pinpoint pain varies across the body, and in a specific pattern. Christie Nicholson reports -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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Vision Involves a Bit of Hearing, Too

Added: 2/06/2014

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Researchers could tell what sounds blindfolded volunters were hearing by analyzing activity in their visual cortexes. Christie Nicholson reports -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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Parents Who Support Corporal Punishment Do It a Lot

Added: 22/05/2014

Nota: 0 (número de valoraciones: 0)

Thirty-three families allowed themselves to be recorded for up to six nights. Parents who said they supported corporal punishment did it often and with little provocation. Christie Nicholson... -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

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