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Up Your Online Dating Game With Evidence-Based Strategies

Added: 14/02/2015

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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

Junk Diet Rewires Rat Brains

Added: 7/02/2015

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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

High Price Tag On Meds May Boost Healing

Added: 31/01/2015

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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

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

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

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

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

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

Big Parental Control May Stunt Kid Assertiveness

Added: 3/11/2014

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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

Lots or Little Sleep Linked to Sick Days

Added: 29/09/2014

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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

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

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

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

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

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

Brain State Bread Crumbs Lead Way Back to Consciousness

Added: 29/07/2014

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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

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

Body's Pain Perception Mapped for First Time

Added: 23/06/2014

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

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

Parents Who Support Corporal Punishment Do It a Lot

Added: 22/05/2014

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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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Up Your Online Dating Game With Evidence-Based Strategies

Junk Diet Rewires Rat Brains

High Price Tag On Meds May Boost Healing

Publication Bias May Boost Findings For Bilingual Brain Benefits

Inclusion Illusion Lessens Racial Bias

Blood Test Forecasts Concussion Severity

Bouncy Gait Improves Mood

Synchronized Walking Reduces Opponent's Perceived Size

Big Parental Control May Stunt Kid Assertiveness

Lots or Little Sleep Linked to Sick Days

Can’t Take My Eyes off You—Your Face, That Is

Talking to Strangers Makes You Happy

People Think Experiences Bring Happiness, Still Opt For Things

Childhood Stress Decreases Size of Brain Regions

Even Monkeys Believe In Hot Streaks

Brain State Bread Crumbs Lead Way Back to Consciousness

Biggest Telescope Breaks Ground To Survey Space

Body's Pain Perception Mapped for First Time

Vision Involves a Bit of Hearing, Too

Parents Who Support Corporal Punishment Do It a Lot

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