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Science
Touch can produce detailed, permanent memories
Humans can perceive the shape of objects by touch alone, by extracting geometric features such as edges. The sense of touch differs from the...
Lifestyle
Social pursuits can increase your life satisfaction
Individuals who thought of 'prosperity' procedures that included other individuals are more happy with their lives, a new study suggests — while considering that...
Lifestyle
Women’s preference for masculine faces not linked with hormones
According to a new study by the Association for Psychological Science suggest that women’s preferences for masculine characteristics in men’s faces are related to women’s hormonal...
Lifestyle
People use emotion to persuade, even when it could backfire
Most of the time, people use spontaneously shift toward using more emotional language when trying to persuade. They intuitively use more emotional language to enhance...
Lifestyle
Ratings rise over time because they feel easier to make, study
According to a study, people tend to attribute the increasing ease of making ratings to the items themselves rather than to the rating process,...
Lifestyle
Seeing others makes people very confident in their abilities
According to research published in Psychological Science, viewing YouTube videos, Instagram demos, and Facebook tutorials may influence us to feel as if we're getting...
Health
Considering Germs Makes People Concerned About How They Look
A new research suggests that simply considering potential infections appears to expand individuals' worries about their own physical appearance, particularly on the off chance that...