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Adults easily fooled by children's false denials

August 17, 2008 | User rating: 3.3 / 5 after 11 vote(s) | User comments: 4

Adults are easily fooled when a child denies that an actual event took place, but do somewhat better at detecting when a child makes up information about something that never happened, according to new research from the University ...


Study: A bad joke might endanger the teller

August 22, 2008 | User rating: 3.3 / 5 after 8 vote(s) | User comments: 3

(AP) -- There's a reason comedians call it "dying on stage." Research by a Washington State University linguist found that people who tell bad jokes often endure an astonishing outpouring of hostility from ...


Daddy, I'm in love... and he looks just like you!

September 03, 2008 | User rating: 3.2 / 5 after 6 vote(s) | No comments yet

Men tend to wind up with life partners who look like their mother, while a woman is lured to a partner who looks like her father, scientists reported on Wednesday.


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