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Intuition: It’s Powers and Perils
One experiment subliminally flashed emotionally positive scenes or negative scenes in an instant before participants viewed slides of people… although[…]
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Pole Vaulters with Poor Hip Flexion More Likely to Develop Back Pain
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Surprise elicits a spike in the brain wave called the P300, which hijacks our cognitive resources and pulls our attention[…]
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Stronger Quads = Knee Arthritis?
A new study has found that subjects with stronger quadriceps muscle were actually more likely to develop arthritis in the[…]
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84 percent of those whose $25 was framed as a “bonus” spent some or all of it, but only 21[…]
Read moreThe High Cost of Materialism
People who value fame also tend to value money and image (1) – page 9 2 Adults who focused on[…]
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