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Seeing really is believing

(Medical Xpress) -- Want to know why sports fans get so worked up when they think the referee has wrongly called their team's pass forward, their player offside, or their serve as a fault?

Psychology & Psychiatry created Feb 01, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (5) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Messi agility is all in the mind, scientists report

Barcelona superstar Lionel Messi may owe his trademark feints and body swerves to the fact his brain is busier than that of a less gifted player, according to a study into footballers' minds.

Psychology & Psychiatry created Feb 05, 2013 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 1

Patenting genes: Justices tackle big health issue (Update 2)

The Supreme Court seemed worried Monday about the idea of companies patenting human genes in a case that could profoundly reshape the multibillion-dollar biomedical industry and U.S. research in the fight ...

Genetics created Apr 15, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

High-testosterone competitors more likely to choose red

Why do so many sports players and athletes choose to wear the color red when they compete? A new study to be published in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science, suggests that it may ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created May 16, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

US Supreme Court leaves stem cell research alone (Update)

The US Supreme Court declined Monday to enter the emotionally-charged debate over stem cell research, refusing to hear an appeal centered on the issue of federal government funding.

Other created Jan 07, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 4