Do lovers always tease each other? Study shows how couples handle laughter and banter
Laughter plays an important role in romantic relationships — whether or not it’s shared together or directed at the significant
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Gambling monkeys help scientists find brain area linked to high-risk behavior
Monkeys who learned how to gamble have helped researchers pinpoint an area of the brain key to one’s willingness to
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Understanding how visual information guides behavior
To understand more about how we respond to what we see around us, a team of scientists at NERF has
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Irony is the new black
A giddy tween wearing a Justin Bieber t-shirt at a Justin Bieber concert — not too surprising. But what about
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Study: Older people less apt to recognize they’ve made a mistake: New research shows older people recognize errors less often than younger people
The older you get, the less apt you may be to recognize that you’ve made an error. In a new
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Researchers study how cues drive our behavior
Do dopamine neurons have a role in causing cues in our environment to acquire value? And, if so, do different
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Eat high-fiber foods to reduce effects of stress on gut and behavior
Eating high fibre foods may reduce the effects of stress on our gut and behaviour, according to new research published
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Nucleus tuberalis lateralis found to play a central role in regulating eating behavior
A team of researchers from China and Singapore has discovered a region in the brain that appears to play a
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Sounds of moving objects change perceptions of body size
Sound and object motion can be used to change perceptions about body size, according to a new study by an
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