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Girls lead boys in academic achievement globally

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From the University of Missouri-Columbia media release: Considerable attention has been paid to how boys’ educational achievements in science and math compare to girls’ accomplishments in those areas, often leading to the assumption that boys outperform… 

Computers can tell if you’re bored, shows new study

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From the University of Sussex media release: Computers are able to read a person’s body language to tell whether they are bored or interested in what they see on the screen, according to a new study… 

Return trips feel shorter in hindsight

From the PLOS media release: People reflecting on a roundtrip walk estimated that the return trip took less time than the outward trip, according to a study published June 10, 2015 in the open-access journal… 

Study examines how the mind can map negative spaces around the body

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From the University of South Australia press release via MedicalXpress: The brain’s perception of space can determine whether a part of a body which occupies that space is either healthy or “neglected”. Lorimer Moseley, Chair in…