If you had 10 chances to roll a die, would you rather be guaranteed to receive $5 for every roll ($50 total) or take the risk of winning $100 if you only roll a six?...
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Could a dose of nature be just what the doctor ordered?
Exposure to the outdoors is linked with improved human health, but little is known about how much we really need
Numerous studies over the past 30 years have linked exposure to nature with improved human health and well-being. These findings are of growing importance: In the near future, 70% of the world's population will live in cities, where they will face a rising tide of lifestyle-related disease...
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Neither flashing traffic lights nor the colour yellow deter pedestrians from crossing
A study by scientists at the University of Granada (UGR) has shown that neither flashing traffic lights nor the colour yellow have any effect on pedestrians...
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The Psychology of Healthy Facebook Use
Do you ever go to parties just to look at beautiful people and listen to them chatter about their lovely lives? Lives punctuated only occasionally by some glitch—maybe a death in the family, or a social injustice that warrants reprimanding of societal power structures...
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Women think ‘as rationally’ as men – but also use more gut feeling
How much do men and women differ psychologically? Does greater emotional empathy in women result in less rational thinking when it comes to choosing to do harm for a greater good?...
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Temptation to text proves too much for students, even when inappropriate
College students may realize that texting in the shower, during sex, or at a funeral is inappropriate, but many do it regardless, according to Penn State psychologists...
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Personality test finds Great Britain’s most extroverted, agreeable and emotionally stable regions
A survey of almost 400,000 British residents has highlighted significant differences in personalities between regions...
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Boredom can be good for you
Boredom can make us more creative. That is the conclusion of one of the experts interviewed in a feature on the condition by Ella Rhodes in the April issue of The Psychologist...
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Laughter is an effective catalyst for new relationships
If you want someone to open up to you, just make them laugh...
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Why Super Mario runs from left to right
There may be a fundamental bias in the way people prefer to see moving items depicted in pictures according to research.
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