How long do you have to make a good first impression? About half a second, new research has revealed. Scientists have discovered that humans make judgements on someone's trustworthiness within the first 500 milliseconds of ...
Mar 13, 2014
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Some people perform better and others worse when promised a high bonus. Brain researcher Esther Aarts of the Donders Institute in Nijmegen has demonstrated for the first time that the amount of dopamine in the brain plays ...
Feb 14, 2014
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Psychologists at the University of Jena, Germany, are showing in a new study, that we tend to remember unattractive faces more likely than attractive ones. In the science magazine "Neuropsychologia" the psychologists write ...
Feb 4, 2014
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Researchers at Tokyo Institute of Technology identify links between the palatability of various tastes and circulation in different parts of the face.
Jan 6, 2014
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Researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden have developed a new screening tool to facilitate the diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorder in adults. The test is presented in the scientific journal Molecular Autism and is ...
Dec 11, 2013
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Do light products taste worse after repeated exposure? Or does the body gradually learn that they contain fewer calories and that is why we grow to like them less? In collaboration with dairy cooperative FrieslandCampina, ...
Dec 10, 2013
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Do you sometimes feel tired when you're working in the office during the day? If so, some extra light could help. Research at TU/e shows that people immediately have more energy and feel alerter if there's more light. The ...
Dec 5, 2013
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Imagine that you have not eaten anything for the past few hours. It is almost lunch time, and you are getting hungry. You receive an email. It is a survey asking about your political position regarding the welfare state. ...
Nov 11, 2013
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The obesity epidemic has massive socio-economic consequences, and decades of health campaigns have not made significant headway. Researchers at the University of Copenhagen are therefore pursuing the development of new, interdisciplinary ...
Sep 18, 2013
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What happens when you tell a lie? Set aside your ethical concerns for a moment—after all, lying is a habit we practice with astonishing dexterity and frequency, whether we realize it or not. What goes on in your brain when ...
Sep 4, 2013
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