To what extent is personality an adaptation to appearance or even physique? A team of scientists at the University of Göttingen has investigated this question. Their results: it depends on gender and on which behaviour is ...
Feb 12, 2019
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Parents who aren't feeling that magical bond with their newborn babies need not panic.
Mar 9, 2018
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Older people who help and support others live longer. These are the findings of a study published in the journal Evolution and Human Behavior, conducted by researchers from the University of Basel, Edith Cowan University, ...
Dec 22, 2016
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Sex is quite wonderful when the goal is to have children. But sex can also serve as a "glue" in a committed relationship.
Dec 8, 2016
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Many traits make human beings unique, not the least of which is our ability to cooperate with one another. But exactly how we choose to do that—particularly with nonfamily members—can be complicated.
Jun 17, 2016
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In a study exploring racial bias and how people use their mind's-eye image of an imagined person's size to represent someone as either threatening or high-status, UCLA researchers found that people envisioned men with stereotypically ...
Oct 7, 2015
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(Medical Xpress)—Humans make subtle changes in their voices when they speak to people they find attractive.
Jul 18, 2014
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(Medical Xpress)—Ever wonder how often you fool your boss or in-laws by pretending to laugh at their dumb jokes?
May 2, 2014
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In Concordia's study, men responded more strongly to the "framing effect" when physical attractiveness was described.
May 1, 2014
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(HealthDay)—It's hard to quibble with the speed and convenience of connecting through texts and instant messages, but scientists say that today's ubiquitous online social communication may not confer the same feel-good ...
Jan 31, 2013
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