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Keeping food visible throughout the house is linked to obesity

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From the Ohio State University media release: Researchers have identified two seemingly unrelated but strong predictors of obesity: having low self-esteem related to one’s weight and keeping food visibly available around the house, outside the… 

Exercise with a physiotherapist helps people with depression

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From the University of Gothenburg media release: Exercise has a positive effect on depression — so reveals a dissertation written at the Sahlgrenska Academy. In a study at the Sahlgrenska Academy, the researcher evaluated exercise… 

Babies can think before they can speak

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From the NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY media release: Infants are capable of understanding relations like “same” and “different” Analogical learning processes are present in prelinguistic human infants Two pennies can be considered the same — both are… 

How racial stereotypes impact the way we communicate

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From the UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA media release: Racial stereotypes and expectations can impact the way we communicate and understand others, according to UBC research. The new study, published in the Journal of the Acoustical… 

Friendships start better with a smile

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From the SPRINGER media release: If you want to strike up a new relationship, simply smile. It works because people are much more attuned to positive emotions when forming new bonds than they are to… 

Special fats proven essential for brain growth

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From the DUKE-NUS Graduate Medical School Singapore media release: Research led by a Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School Singapore (Duke-NUS) scientist has proved that certain special fats found in blood are essential for human brain growth… 

Subconscious learning shapes pain responses

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From the Karolinska Institutet media release: In a new study led from Sweden’s Karolinska Institutet, researchers report that people can be conditioned to associate images with particular pain responses — such as improved tolerance to…