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Boring Work Makes People Creative

By Amber Moore | Jan 11, 2013 05:43 PM EST

Being bored at work might just give a boost to your creative side, says a new study.

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Effect of China’s One-Child Policy: Neurotic, Pessimistic, Less Competitive Adults

By Makini Brice | Jan 10, 2013 06:29 PM EST

A study examined the effects of growing up under the one-child policy and the results are not pretty.

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Could Eye Color Determine a Person's Trustworthiness?

By Christine Hsu | Jan 11, 2013 12:10 PM EST

A man's trustworthiness is judged by the color of his eyes and the shape of his face.

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Feeling Misunderstood Makes People More Sensitive to Physical Pain

By Christine Hsu | Jan 03, 2013 10:02 AM EST

Feeling misunderstood could make people more sensitive to physical pain, according to new research.

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Can Hair Color Influence Generosity? Blondes Raise More Money in Door-to-Door Fundraising Experiment

By Christine Hsu | Dec 27, 2012 10:24 AM EST

How do you raise your chances of successfully getting people to contribute their share to charity? Go blonde, suggests a new study.

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Studying Economics Turns People Into Liars

By Christine Hsu | Dec 20, 2012 09:08 AM EST

Studying economics can make you a liar, a study suggests.

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What Your Choice in Wine Reveals About Your Personality

By Makini Brice | Dec 17, 2012 03:11 PM EST

Apparently, it is indeed possible to distinguish a person's personality from their drink of choice - if that drink of choice is wine.

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Can a 5-Year-Old Child Be Diagnosed as a Psychopath?

By Makini Brice | Dec 17, 2012 02:19 PM EST

The Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre has led some experts to suggest that maybe people can be psychopaths at 20 – or 15, or 10.

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Nature Enhances Creativity and Problem-Solving Skills

By Christine Hsu | Dec 13, 2012 11:02 AM EST

A new study finds that being in the great outdoors may do more than improve your physical health: it can also boost your creativity.

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How to Tell the Perfect Lie

By Makini Brice | Dec 07, 2012 04:19 PM EST

Researchers found that, given a bit of training and instruction, any person can tell lies so well that they will be indistinguishable from the truth.

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Growing Trend of Overly Protective Parents Means More Kids With Anxiety Disorders

By Christine Hsu | Dec 07, 2012 09:49 AM EST

More and more middle-class children are developing mental health problems as an increasing number of risk-averse parents are raising them "in captivity."

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Why No One Did More to Stop NYC Subway Death

By Makini Brice | Dec 06, 2012 01:17 PM EST

Why did no one do anything to help Han avoid his fate? Unfortunately, as much as we would have loved to be heroes on that day, we are not always Good Samaritans like we would like.

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Nostalgia May Keep You Physically Warm

By Makini Brice | Dec 03, 2012 02:24 PM EST

Researchers have found that reminiscing about the Good Old Days may have a physiological benefit – nostalgia seems to help keep us warm.

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How a Man's Smile Makes Women More Obedient and Submissive - Even if He's Being Sexist

By Christine Hsu | Nov 29, 2012 04:53 PM EST

A new study finds that smiles do melt women's hearts, after researchers found that a man's grin had the power to make women more obedient.

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Bullying May Lead to PTSD in Victims

By Makini Brice | Nov 27, 2012 04:09 PM EST

A new study has found that a significant portion of bullying victims suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder, which can linger into adulthood.

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