Here’s What Science Says About How You Can “Dress For Success”
at you're wearing definitely affects whether people follow your lead or do what you say. Via 100 Things Every Presenter Needs to Know About People: You've probably heard the phrases “Clothes make the man” and “Dress for success.” These are two sayings that actually have research to back them up. Lefkowitz, Blake, and Mouton (1955) had an experimenter in a city cross the street against the traffic. When he was dressed in a suit, three-and-a-half times as many people followed…
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What’s an easy way to increase attention span, relieve stress, reduce pain and feel better?
end time looking at nature. Via 100 Things Every Presenter Needs to Know About People: Mark Berman (2008) and a team of researchers had participants perform the backward digit-span task, which measures a person’s capacity to focus attention. Next, participants were asked to do a task that would wear out their voluntary attention. After that, some walked through downtown Ann Arbor, Michigan, and some walked through the city’s arboretum. The arboretum has trees and wide lawns (that is, it is…
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8 Things You Didn’t Know About Orgasms And Sexual Satisfaction
ople who have regular orgasms live longer, seem to have less stress and enjoy lower rates of heart disease, breast cancer, prostate cancer, and endometriosis. You can be allergic to orgasms. They don't induce labor in pregnant women but they can cause a seizure. Circumcision causes orgasm problems for both men and women. Women orgasm only 35 percent as often as men in first-time sexual encounters. The key to a woman having an orgasm isn't foreplay, it's more sex. Females…
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Can a voodoo curse really kill you?
s. Of course, you have to believe in the curse, but those who do can be driven to such a profound state of fear that blood pressure drops, they don't eat or drink and eventually die: Via the American Journal of Public Health: The foregoing paragraphs have revealed how a persistent and profound emotional state may induce a disastrous fall of blood pressure, ending in death. Lack of food and drink would collaborate with the damaging emotional effects, to induce…
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10 Things You Didn’t Know About Men, Backed By Research
ientific studies show: Being too rich and good-looking can actually hurt a man. Then again, marriage may be a bad deal for handsome guys. You can predict how many women a man has slept with by how funny he is. Yes, most TV commercials make men look like morons. Companies pay women more if a male CEO has a daughter. Poor and hungry men prefer heavier women. Rich and full guys like skinny girls. Attractive TV anchors make men unable…
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8 Things Your Pet Says About Your Personality
Researchers have established some general conclusions about pets and their owners personalities: Fish owners are happiest. Dog owners are the most fun to be with. Cat owners are the most dependable and emotionally sensitive. Reptile owners are the most independent. 2) Yes, there are differences between cat people and dog people: Dog people were generally about 15 percent more extraverted, 13 percent more agreeable and 11 percent more conscientious than cat people. Cat people were generally about…
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How To Be James Bond: Science Explains Why He’s Irresistible To Women
nt to know how to be James Bond? Science has the answers. These certainly aren't all easy - but it wouldn't be Bond if it was. Any guy who can embody - or seem to embody most of these shouldn't have trouble with the ladies, shaken or stirred. How To Be James Bond Step 1: Confidence Bond is supremely confident. This makes him sexy. It also makes him great at his job; being overconfident often gives better results than…
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15 Research Based Secrets To Bulletproof Willpower
ed willpower right now? Clench your fists, cross your arms, tense your muscles, and stand up straight. (Improving your posture can improve your self control.) Mental control is important too. A wandering mind is not a happy mind. Meditation can improve this. Just making too many decisions can leave you depleted and burned out. To reduce this, build good habits and automate behavior as much as possible. Want to eat less at a meal? Wear a tight shirt. Context is…
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