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Humans appear hardwired to learn by 'over-imitation' Medicine & Health / Psychology December 05, 2007 \| User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 37 vote(s) \| User comments: 3 Children learn by imitating adults—so much so that they will rethink how an object works if they observe an adult taking unnecessary steps when using that object, according to a Yale study today in Proceedings ...

Do women really talk more than men? Medicine & Health / Psychology July 05, 2007 \| User rating: 3.3 / 5 after 26 vote(s) \| No comments yet Refuting the popular stereotype that females talk more than men, researchers at The University of Texas at Austin have found women and men both use an average of 16,000 words each day.

Men worry more about penile size than women says six-decade research review Medicine & Health / Psychology May 31, 2007 \| User rating: 3 / 5 after 48 vote(s) \| User comments: 1 Women are much more interested in a man’s personality and looks than the size of his penis, but men can experience real anxiety even if they are average sized, according to a research review published in the June issue of ...

Nagging Spouse? You May Have An Excuse For Not Responding Medicine & Health / Psychology February 13, 2007 \| User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 62 vote(s) \| No comments yet New research findings now appearing online in the Journal of Experimental Social Psychology began with a professor's desire to understand why her husband often seemed to ignore her requests for help around the house.

How Does Your Brain Respond When You Think about Gambling or Taking Risks? Medicine & Health / Psychology January 26, 2007 \| User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 20 vote(s) \| No comments yet Should you leave your comfortable job for one that pays better but is less secure? Should you have a surgery that is likely to extend your life but poses some risk that you will not survive the operation? Should you invest ...

What happens when the mind wanders? Medicine & Health / Psychology January 18, 2007 \| User rating: 3.5 / 5 after 36 vote(s) \| No comments yet Scientists have discovered what happens in the brain when the mind wanders. Until recently, little has been known about the neural mechanisms that give the mind its ability to daydream.

Two sides of the same Coin: Money spurs changes for better and worse Medicine & Health / Psychology November 16, 2006 \| User rating: 3.3 / 5 after 23 vote(s) \| No comments yet Money changes everything, and that includes changing people's motivations for the better and their behavior toward others for the worse, according to a new study published in the international journal Science.

Part Of Human Brain Functions Like A Digital Computer, Professor Says Medicine & Health / Psychology October 05, 2006 \| User rating: 4 / 5 after 53 vote(s) \| No comments yet A region of the human brain that scientists believe is critical to human intellectual abilities surprisingly functions much like a digital computer, according to psychology Professor Randall O'Reilly of the University of ...

I can, automatically, become just like you Medicine & Health / Psychology August 06, 2008 \| User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 14 vote(s) \| No comments yet No one likes to be excluded from a group: exclusion can decrease mood, reduce self-esteem and feelings of belonging, and even ultimately lead to negative behavior (e.g., the shootings at Virginia Tech). As a result, we often ...

Context and personality key in understanding responses to emotional facial expressions Medicine & Health / Psychology August 06, 2008 \| User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 7 vote(s) \| No comments yet It is well appreciated that facial expressions play a major role in non-verbal social communication among humans and other primates, because faces provide rapid access to information about the identity as well as the internal ...

Whom do we fear or trust? Faces instantly guide us, scientists say Medicine & Health / Psychology August 05, 2008 \| User rating: 4.1 / 5 after 12 vote(s) \| User comments: 6 (PhysOrg.com) -- A pair of Princeton psychology researchers has developed a computer program that allows scientists to analyze better than ever before what it is about certain human faces that makes them look ...

The power of Peter Piper: How alliteration enhances poetry, prose, and memory Medicine & Health / Psychology July 30, 2008 \| User rating: 3.8 / 5 after 12 vote(s) \| No comments yet From nursery rhymes to Shakespearian sonnets, alliterations have always been an important aspect of poetry whether as an interesting aesthetic touch or just as something fun to read. But a recent study suggests that this ...

Women end up less happy than men Medicine & Health / Psychology July 29, 2008 \| User rating: 3.7 / 5 after 41 vote(s) \| User comments: 18 Less able to achieve their life goals, women end up unhappier than men later in life – even though they start out happier, reveals new research by Anke Plagnol of the University of Cambridge, and University of Southern California ...

Age-old magic tricks can provide clues for modern science Medicine & Health / Psychology July 23, 2008 \| User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) \| No comments yet Revealing the science behind age-old magic tricks will help us better understand how humans see, think, and act, according to researchers at the University of British Columbia and Durham University in the U.K.

Consumer spending: Why nine is the magic number Medicine & Health / Psychology July 23, 2008 \| User rating: 3.1 / 5 after 26 vote(s) \| User comments: 4 Retailers' belief that customers like a price ending in a nine rather than a rounded-up zero -- 199.99 instead of 200.00, for instance -- has been borne out by scientific research on a restaurant menu.

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Humans appear hardwired to learn by 'over-imitation' Medicine & Health / Psychology December 05, 2007 \| User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 37 vote(s) \| User comments: 3 Children learn by imitating adults—so much so that they will rethink how an object works if they observe an adult taking unnecessary steps when using that object, according to a Yale study today in Proceedings ...

Do women really talk more than men? Medicine & Health / Psychology July 05, 2007 \| User rating: 3.3 / 5 after 26 vote(s) \| No comments yet Refuting the popular stereotype that females talk more than men, researchers at The University of Texas at Austin have found women and men both use an average of 16,000 words each day.

Men worry more about penile size than women says six-decade research review Medicine & Health / Psychology May 31, 2007 \| User rating: 3 / 5 after 48 vote(s) \| User comments: 1 Women are much more interested in a man’s personality and looks than the size of his penis, but men can experience real anxiety even if they are average sized, according to a research review published in the June issue of ...

Nagging Spouse? You May Have An Excuse For Not Responding Medicine & Health / Psychology February 13, 2007 \| User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 62 vote(s) \| No comments yet New research findings now appearing online in the Journal of Experimental Social Psychology began with a professor's desire to understand why her husband often seemed to ignore her requests for help around the house.

How Does Your Brain Respond When You Think about Gambling or Taking Risks? Medicine & Health / Psychology January 26, 2007 \| User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 20 vote(s) \| No comments yet Should you leave your comfortable job for one that pays better but is less secure? Should you have a surgery that is likely to extend your life but poses some risk that you will not survive the operation? Should you invest ...

What happens when the mind wanders? Medicine & Health / Psychology January 18, 2007 \| User rating: 3.5 / 5 after 36 vote(s) \| No comments yet Scientists have discovered what happens in the brain when the mind wanders. Until recently, little has been known about the neural mechanisms that give the mind its ability to daydream.

Two sides of the same Coin: Money spurs changes for better and worse Medicine & Health / Psychology November 16, 2006 \| User rating: 3.3 / 5 after 23 vote(s) \| No comments yet Money changes everything, and that includes changing people's motivations for the better and their behavior toward others for the worse, according to a new study published in the international journal Science.

Part Of Human Brain Functions Like A Digital Computer, Professor Says Medicine & Health / Psychology October 05, 2006 \| User rating: 4 / 5 after 53 vote(s) \| No comments yet A region of the human brain that scientists believe is critical to human intellectual abilities surprisingly functions much like a digital computer, according to psychology Professor Randall O'Reilly of the University of ...

I can, automatically, become just like you Medicine & Health / Psychology August 06, 2008 \| User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 14 vote(s) \| No comments yet No one likes to be excluded from a group: exclusion can decrease mood, reduce self-esteem and feelings of belonging, and even ultimately lead to negative behavior (e.g., the shootings at Virginia Tech). As a result, we often ...

Context and personality key in understanding responses to emotional facial expressions Medicine & Health / Psychology August 06, 2008 \| User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 7 vote(s) \| No comments yet It is well appreciated that facial expressions play a major role in non-verbal social communication among humans and other primates, because faces provide rapid access to information about the identity as well as the internal ...

Whom do we fear or trust? Faces instantly guide us, scientists say Medicine & Health / Psychology August 05, 2008 \| User rating: 4.1 / 5 after 12 vote(s) \| User comments: 6 (PhysOrg.com) -- A pair of Princeton psychology researchers has developed a computer program that allows scientists to analyze better than ever before what it is about certain human faces that makes them look ...

The power of Peter Piper: How alliteration enhances poetry, prose, and memory Medicine & Health / Psychology July 30, 2008 \| User rating: 3.8 / 5 after 12 vote(s) \| No comments yet From nursery rhymes to Shakespearian sonnets, alliterations have always been an important aspect of poetry whether as an interesting aesthetic touch or just as something fun to read. But a recent study suggests that this ...

Women end up less happy than men Medicine & Health / Psychology July 29, 2008 \| User rating: 3.7 / 5 after 41 vote(s) \| User comments: 18 Less able to achieve their life goals, women end up unhappier than men later in life – even though they start out happier, reveals new research by Anke Plagnol of the University of Cambridge, and University of Southern California ...

Age-old magic tricks can provide clues for modern science Medicine & Health / Psychology July 23, 2008 \| User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) \| No comments yet Revealing the science behind age-old magic tricks will help us better understand how humans see, think, and act, according to researchers at the University of British Columbia and Durham University in the U.K.

Consumer spending: Why nine is the magic number Medicine & Health / Psychology July 23, 2008 \| User rating: 3.1 / 5 after 26 vote(s) \| User comments: 4 Retailers' belief that customers like a price ending in a nine rather than a rounded-up zero -- 199.99 instead of 200.00, for instance -- has been borne out by scientific research on a restaurant menu.

Humans appear hardwired to learn by 'over-imitation'

Do women really talk more than men?

Men worry more about penile size than women says six-decade research review

Nagging Spouse? You May Have An Excuse For Not Responding

How Does Your Brain Respond When You Think about Gambling or Taking Risks?

What happens when the mind wanders?

Two sides of the same Coin: Money spurs changes for better and worse

Part Of Human Brain Functions Like A Digital Computer, Professor Says

I can, automatically, become just like you

Context and personality key in understanding responses to emotional facial expressions

Whom do we fear or trust? Faces instantly guide us, scientists say

The power of Peter Piper: How alliteration enhances poetry, prose, and memory

Women end up less happy than men

Age-old magic tricks can provide clues for modern science

Consumer spending: Why nine is the magic number

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