How To Spot A Concealed Handgun
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Can Tylenol ease psychological pain?
s. Via eurekalert.org: A research team led by psychologist C. Nathan DeWall of the University of Kentucky College of Arts and Sciences Department of Psychology has uncovered evidence indicating that acetaminophen (the active ingredient in Tylenol) may blunt social pain. "The idea—that a drug designed to alleviate physical pain should reduce the pain of social rejection—seemed simple and straightforward based on what we know about neural overlap between social and physical pain systems. To my surprise, I couldn't find anyone…
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What English sounds like to those who don’t speak it:
n Italian singer wrote this song with gibberish to sound like English. If you've ever wondered what other people think Americans sound like, this is it." More of his work is here. Join over 320,000 readers. Get a free weekly update via email here. Related posts: New Neuroscience Reveals 4 Rituals That Will Make You Happy New Harvard Research Reveals A Fun Way To Be More Successful How To Get People To Like You: 7 Ways From An FBI Behavior Expert
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Want to predict the result of a sporting event? Don’t even think about it:
..people with expertise in football are better at predicting match outcomes when they spend time not consciously thinking about their predictions." Via bps-research-digest.blogspot.com: Imagine you've just paid an expert good money for their verdict and they say to you: "Can you hang on a couple of minutes whilst I don't think about this". You'd be forgiven for thinking they've gone silly. They may have. But another possibility is that you've chosen a shrewd expert who's totally up-to-speed with the latest…
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Do ethics books get stolen more frequently than other books?
a The Splintered Mind: Overdue or missing, as a percentage of those off shelf: Ethics: 21.0% Non-ethics: 10.0% Missing, as a percentage of those off shelf: Ethics: 8.2% Non-ethics: 6.4% An ethics book is more than twice as likely to be overdue, given that it is off the shelf, and about 25% more likely to be missing! Join over 320,000 readers. Get a free weekly update via email here. Related posts: New Neuroscience Reveals 4 Rituals That Will Make You…
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1 in 5 country music songs refers to alcohol, 1 in 3 to tears, 1 in 7 to mama:
e odds a Top 100 country song will refer to alcohol are 1 in 5. The odds one of these songs will contain a reference to “mama” are 1 in 7.14. The odds one will contain a reference to the word “train” are 1 in 11.11 and the odds one will contain a reference to the word “prison” are 1 in 33.33. Least surprising, the odds one of the songs will contain a reference to tears or crying are 1…
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Here’s What The Research Says About Whether You Could Really Become Batman
ybe, but even if you could, you wouldn't last long. In his book Becoming Batman: The Possibility of a Superhero, E. Paul Zehr discusses what it would take to become the caped crusader as well as the practical limitations inherent in being a superhero without superpowers. He was interviewed about it in Scientific American: Keeping in mind that being Batman means never losing: If you look at consecutive events where professional fighters have to defend their titles—Muhammad Ali, George Foreman, Ultimate…
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Is it really “the booze talking”?
a nytimes.com In a series of studies in the 1970s and ’80s, psychologists at the University of Washington put more than 300 students into a study room outfitted like a bar with mirrors, music and a stretch of polished pine. The researchers served alcoholic drinks, most often icy vodka tonics, to some of the students and nonalcoholic ones, usually icy tonic water, to others. The drinks looked and tasted the same, and the students typically drank five in an hour…
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