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Easy Method To Help Spot A Liar Shown In New Research

The results showed that lie tellers' stories were perceived as less plausible and less clear than tr...

19 May 2022

Easy Method To Help Spot A Liar Shown In New Research

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The Neurological Condition That Makes You Tell Inappropriate Jokes

One man got diagnosed after he kept waking his wife up to crack jokes....

18 May 2022

The Neurological Condition That Makes You Tell Inappropriate Jokes

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Repeated Trauma During Adolescence Alters Connectivity Of Brain's 'Triple Network'

Researchers have figured out how trauma changes the functional connectivity of three brain networks ...

17 May 2022

Repeated Trauma During Adolescence Alters Connectivity Of Brain's "Triple Network"

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Playing Videogames Could Boost Your Child's Intelligence, Study Finds

Whether you're good at games has an effect, too. Sorry....

16 May 2022

Playing Videogames Could Boost Your Child's Intelligence, Study Finds

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Brain Juice From Young Mice Can Keep Older Mice's Minds Sharp

The study sought to figure out whether an infusion of young cerebrospinal fluid could improve recall...

12 May 2022

Brain Juice From Young Mice Can Keep Older Mice's Minds Sharp

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How A Gene Mutation That Leads To Blindness Might Also Increase Intelligence

A rare gene mutation that causes people to go blind in middle age also appears to increase communica...

12 May 2022

How A Gene Mutation That Leads To Blindness Might Also Increase Intelligence

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Anxious People Walk Like The Elderly And It Could Help Diagnose The Disorder

Anxious young people walk in ways that resemble the elderly, and some of these movements could be us...

09 May 2022

Anxious People Walk Like The Elderly And It Could Help Diagnose The Disorder

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The Precise Neurons That Die In Parkinson’s Disease Have Finally Been Identified

Parkinson's disease may be caused by the degeneration of a specific subpopulation of dopamine neuron...

06 May 2022

The Precise Neurons That Die In Parkinson’s Disease Have Finally Been Identified

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One Flirting Technique Almost Always Works, According To Psychologists

There's one technique which appears to work for everybody....

05 May 2022

One Flirting Technique Almost Always Works, According To Psychologists

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Conservatives Are More Simple-Minded Than Liberals, Study Suggests

It's not all good news for enthusiastic Biden fans, either....

05 May 2022

Conservatives Are More Simple-Minded Than Liberals, Study Suggests

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Autism-Linked Gene Mutation Reversed With Gene Therapy In 'Mini Brains'

Integral in the development of the nervous system and brain, mutations within it have been implicate...

03 May 2022

Autism-Linked Gene Mutation Reversed With Gene Therapy In "Mini Brains"

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Some People With ADHD May Actually Have Maladaptive Daydreaming Instead, Study Suggests

Some people who have ADHD may actually be better diagnosed with maladaptive daydreaming....

28 Apr 2022

Some People With ADHD May Actually Have Maladaptive Daydreaming Instead, Study Suggests

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What Is An Eidetic Memory? (And Can I Get One?)

Eidetic memories are incredibly rare and seem to be scattered fairly randomly....

22 Apr 2022

What Is An Eidetic Memory? (And Can I Get One?)

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The Unexpected Upside To Imposter Syndrome

A new paper has some good news for those with imposter syndrome: it turns out, there might be a brig...

21 Apr 2022

The Unexpected Upside To Imposter Syndrome

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People React To The Trolley Problem The Same Way Across The Planet, Study Suggests

A new paper suggests that we might all be a bit more alike than we realize – at least when it comes ...

21 Apr 2022

People React To The Trolley Problem The Same Way Across The Planet, Study Suggests

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First Recorded Congenitally Blind Person With Synesthesia Feels Times As Textures

There have, until now, been no reported cases of synesthesia in a congenitally blind person....

20 Apr 2022

First Recorded Congenitally Blind Person With Synesthesia Feels Times As Textures

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You Can Tell If Someone Doesn’t Have A Mind’s Eye By Looking At Their Pupils

What You See In Your Mind's Eye, Science Can See In Your Real Eyes, Study Reveals...

20 Apr 2022

You Can Tell If Someone Doesn’t Have A Mind’s Eye By Looking At Their Pupils

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Cannabis: How It Affects Our Cognition And Psychology – New Research

Three recent studies demonstrate how cannabis can affect the brain, influencing a number of cognitiv...

18 Apr 2022

Cannabis: How It Affects Our Cognition And Psychology – New Research

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People Are More Willing To Excuse Lies They Think Could One Day Become True

A study has found that people are more willing to excuse a lie if they think it might become true in...

15 Apr 2022

People Are More Willing To Excuse Lies They Think Could One Day Become True

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Mirror-Touch Synesthesia, The Condition That (Literally) Makes You Feel Others' Pain

Ninety-eight percent of people don’t experience mirror-touch synesthesia. But for the other 2 percen...

15 Apr 2022

Mirror-Touch Synesthesia, The Condition That (Literally) Makes You Feel Others' Pain

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