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There’s Life Beyond .05
As part of a comprehensive effort to promote sound research practices in psychological science, the field’s leading journal has introduced new innovative guidelines for authors submitting articles on their findings. The new guidelines for Psychological
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Spatial Imagery Improves With Sight
Imagine a square box about the size of a soccer ball. Now imagine turning it over with your hands. It’s a task that’s easy for most people to do — indeed, we use spatial imagery
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Marriage Quality May Influence Heart Disease Risk
Chicago Tribune: Ambivalent hearts may be at higher risk for heart disease, according to a new study of married couples with mixed feelings for one another. “The most intriguing finding was that within a couple
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Should Obesity Be a ‘Disease’?
The New York Times: IN June 2013, millions of Americans contracted a disease. They developed it not because of some pathogen or illness, but thanks to the American Medical Association’s decision to label obesity a
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Hole-y Phobia May Have Evolutionary Origins
Scientific American: If the sight of Swiss cheese makes you melt or the thought of a honeycomb gets you buzzing, you may suffer from trypophobia, the most common phobia that you’ve probably never heard of.
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La Mindfulness aiuta a fare scelte più intelligenti (Mindfulness helps you make smarter choices)
La Stampa: Bastano 15 minuti di meditazione Mindfulness (o Consapevolezza) per compiere scelte o prendere decisioni migliori, più intelligenti. Un solo quarto d’ora e ne beneficia dunque non solo il cervello, ma anche la propria
