Did you drink a cup of coffee this morning? If so, was it because you actually felt tired, or did you simply follow a habitual morning routine?
Apr 25, 2022
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The time a person spends on different smartphone apps is enough to identify them from a larger group in more than one in three cases say researchers, who warn of the implications for security and privacy.
Feb 17, 2022
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Among many of the Tsimane' people, who live in a remote region of the Bolivian rainforest, numbers do not play an important role in their lives, and people living in this society vary widely in how high they can count.
Feb 8, 2022
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Never has there been a time when we were so obsessed with appearance than our current 'selfie' age. Many argue that the obsession with selfies and manipulation of images may turn some of us into narcissists, while others ...
Nov 12, 2021
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Whether listening to a concerto by Bach or the latest pop tunes on Spotify, the human brain does not wait passively for the song to unfold. Instead, when a musical phrase has an unresolved or uncertain quality about it our ...
Aug 19, 2021
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Researchers at the University of Toronto are studying our capacity for empathy, or our ability to sense and understand someone else's emotions, and are debunking some common misconceptions along the way.
Jul 27, 2021
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"Keep calm and carry on" may not be the best mantra when it comes to managing stress in the context of COVID-19.
Jul 15, 2021
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Imagine describing the precise dimensions of a common object—like a coin—for another person. Did you move your hand, pretending to pick one up to show its size? If so, you likely weren't alone.
Jul 12, 2021
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Though writing by hand is increasingly being eclipsed by the ease of computers, a new study finds we shouldn't be so quick to throw away the pencils and paper: handwriting helps people learn certain skills surprisingly faster ...
Jul 8, 2021
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Small children learn language at a pace far faster than teenagers or adults. One explanation for this learning advantage comes not from differences between children and adults, but from the differences in the way that people ...
Jul 2, 2021
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