Why we're so bad at counting the calories we eat, drink or burn
People often eat more than usual around the holidays—and this year more than most as the pandemic prompts many to stress eat.
Dec 10, 2020
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People often eat more than usual around the holidays—and this year more than most as the pandemic prompts many to stress eat.
Dec 10, 2020
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Research being presented at the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) 2019 National Conference & Exhibition shows that U.S. children living in counties with the highest poverty level are more than one-third more likely to ...
Oct 25, 2019
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People in Malawi, Mozambique and Zimbabwe have started trying to rebuild their lives after the devastation wrought by Cyclone Idai. Southern Malawi and Mozambique were already reeling when the cyclone hit: these areas were ...
Apr 12, 2019
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Every day, we are faced with countless decisions regarding cognitive control, or the process of inhibiting automatic or habitual responses in order to perform better at a task.
Mar 26, 2019
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Choosing to forget something might take more mental effort than trying to remember it, researchers at The University of Texas at Austin discovered through neuroimaging.
Mar 11, 2019
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If you've ever found yourself staring at a lengthy restaurant menu and been completely unable to decide what to order for lunch, you have experienced what psychologists call choice overload. The brain, faced with an overwhelming ...
Oct 1, 2018
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In a recent documentary, naturalist and wildlife presenter, Chris Packham, talked about having Asperger's Syndrome, a form of autism. It was a rare snapshot into the life of an adult with Asperger's – and especially so ...
Oct 24, 2017
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If you participate in a study in my lab, the Huettel Lab at Duke, you may be asked to play an economic game.
Mar 31, 2017
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American professional golfer Tom Kite said two things about distraction that, together, sum up the findings of a new study on the subject: First, "You can always find a distraction if you're looking for one." And second, ...
Oct 5, 2016
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New psychology research from the University of Otago, Warwick Business School, and University of California, San Diego, is helping explain why male faces with feminine features are considered attractive in some contexts but ...
Feb 29, 2016
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