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    Up Your Online Dating Game with Evidence-Based Strategies

    Choosing a user name starting with a letter appearing earlier ...

    Choosing a user name starting with a letter appearing earlier in the alphabet is just one scientifically vetted way to increase the odds of turning an online encounter into a first date. Christopher... -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

    Feb 14, 2015 Read more
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    Junk Diet Rewires Rat Brains

    High-calorie and exceedingly pleasurable foods appear to change rat brain ...

    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

    Feb 7, 2015 Read more
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    High Price Tag on Meds May Boost Healing

    Parkinson’s patients derived more benefits from a salt solution they ...

    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

    Jan 31, 2015 Read more
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    Publication Bias May Boost Findings for Bilingual Brain Benefits

    Of studies presented at conferences, those that found a cognitive ...

    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

    Dec 31, 2014 Read more
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    Inclusion Illusion Lessens Racial Bias

    Implicit bias against another race lessened after volunteers experienced themselves ...

    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

    Dec 20, 2014 Read more
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    Blood Test Forecasts Concussion Severity

    Levels of a protein fragment in the blood paralleled how ...

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

    Dec 16, 2014 Read more
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    Bouncy Gait Improves Mood

    If you're in an up mood, you may walk more ...

    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

    Dec 8, 2014 Read more
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    Synchronized Walking Reduces Opponent's Perceived Size

    Subjects who kept pace with a walking colleague estimated a ...

    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

    Nov 9, 2014 Read more
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    Big Parental Control May Stunt Kid Assertiveness

    Young adults who’d had highly controlling parents were less able ...

    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

    Nov 3, 2014 Read more
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    Lots or Little Sleep Linked to Sick Days

    Absence from work due to illness increased dramatically for those ...

    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

    Sep 29, 2014 Read more
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