(Medical Xpress)—Researchers from the U.K.'s University of Portsmouth have conducted a study with the aim of attempting to discern if the attractiveness of a person's face is impacted by facial expression. In their paper ...
(Medical Xpress)—Can simply describing your feelings at stressful times make you less afraid and less anxious? A new UCLA psychology study suggests that labeling your emotions at the precise moment you are confronting what ...
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(Medical Xpress) -- For most of history, people have assumed that facial expressions are generally universal; a smile by someone of any cultural group generally is an expression of happiness or pleasure, for example. This ...
Halloween is a time to embrace all that is disgusting, from bloody slasher films to haunted houses full of fake guts and gore.
Oct 21, 2022
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Theory has it that disgust sensitivity—how intensely a person is repulsed by images, ideas or situations that could be considered terribly gross or merely unpleasant—is an evolutionary trait that initially helped humans ...
Jan 18, 2022
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Some meat eaters feel disgusted by meat, according to a new study.
May 7, 2021
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Showing support for a person who is upset over something they've experienced can help boost their positive feelings, new research shows.
Dec 30, 2020
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Butchers and deli workers become desensitised to handling meat within the first two years of handling it as part of their job say psychologists.
May 12, 2020
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In wealthy societies we've become increasingly picky about what we eat. The "wrong" fruits and vegetables, the "wrong" animal parts, and the "wrong" animals inspire varying degrees of "yuck."
Sep 2, 2019
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Your Uber driver really needs a shower. A co-worker should change his socks. You wonder whether your gym's management might have a word with a particularly smelly regular.
Mar 5, 2018
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