Cognition Roundup
Emotions affect how we buy and sell, and exercising to music improves verbal fluency.
Lie Detection
People are equally bad at detecting a lie when it's told face-to-face or by instant messaging.
Kid Health Roundup
A ban on two insecticides has helped improve the health of babies, and video games are violent.
Science of Sex
Boosting the number of vasopressin receptors in male voles increases bonding behavior, and sexual imagery activates the amygdala in men more than in women.
Phone Fibbing
People are more likely to lie over the phone than in e-mail, instant messaging, or face-to-face.
Smell Loss
Loss of the sense of smell could be a warning sign of Parkinson's or Alzheimer's diseases.
Comets and Prejudice
Comets splash rubble from Earth to other planets, and anger fuels prejudice.
Cold Sensors
Cold sensors in your spine could be what cause chills even when you're not cold.
Estrogen Roundup
Estrogen makes stress-related illnesses more common, and women have better leadership qualities than men.
Leg Learning
Forcing a spinal cord patient to support weight on their legs sparks nerve signals in the muscle.
Math of Marriage
A model that can predict whether a couple will stay together or split up.
Brain Breakdown
The breakdown of the brain's myelin in middle age is what triggers Alzheimer's disease later.
Food vs. Heat
Poor families spend less money on food when it's cold, obesity specialits are prejudiced against obese patients, and walking on a cobblestone mat increases well being.
Virtual Burn Therapy
Virtual reality can distract burn patients from their painful wound care.
Intoxicated Worms
Identification of the gene that causes the sluggishness of alcohol intoxication
Alcohol and Accents
A sweet tooth indicates a predisposition for alcoholism, and a stroke victim starts speaking with a British accent.
Looking and Liking
The more you look at a face, the more you like it, and vice versa.
Brain-Body Roundup
Thinking about exercise builds bigger muscles, and exercising improves mental health.
Forgive and Reject
Rejection really hurts, and a conference on the science of forgiveness
Hungry Humans
Associations between images and food formed in the brain change depending on hunger.
Fresh Rain Smell
Why does it smell fresh after it rains? (Ozone from lightning and bacteria in soil)