Are women more likely to remember their first pair of shoes than their first kiss?
Via telegraph.co.uk ...more than 92 per cent of women could remember the first shoes they bought with their own money. Less than two, however, in three recalled the name of…
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Is it good for toddlers to feel a little fear?
Via newscientist.com Even at the tender age of 3, children who will go on to be convicted of a crime are less likely to learn to link fear with a…
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No, mommy does not love you all the same:
via nytimes.com Parents would certainly deny it, but Canadian researchers have made a startling assertion: parents take better care of pretty children than they do ugly ones. Researchers at the…
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Is it really “the booze talking”?
Via 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…
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Can talking back lead to smarter kids?
Via blog.newsweek.com Moms, dads, or caregivers who mainly talk to their offspring using commands, like Xenia, who was cited in the study, rather than reasoning may get their kids to…
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Can you tell if a man is dangerous just by looking at his face?
Via slate.com: Now some of the "new physiognomists" are resurrecting an old claim: that you can gauge a man's penchant for aggression by the cut of his jib. Last fall…
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