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60-Second Psych Podcast
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60-Second Psych Podcast
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Leading science journalists provide a weekly one-minute commentary on the latest developments in the science of brain and behavior. For a full-length, weekly podcast you can subscribe to Science Talk: The Podcast of Scientific American.
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More Than One Blow for a Concussion in Football
Author: Scientific American
Sat, Feb 4, 2012
A recent study shows that it's multiple blows to the head that lead to a concussion in football. Christie Nicholson reports
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How the Itch Informs the Scratch
Author: Scientific American
Sat, Jan 28, 2012
Research finds that where the itch begins says a lot about how bad it is--and how pleasurable the scratch. Christie Nicholson reports
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Lack of Sleep Might Make You Feel Hungrier
Author: Scientific American
Sun, Jan 22, 2012
Extreme lack of sleep might make one more susceptible to food imagery, making us feel hungrier than we actually are. Christie Nicholson reports
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Men Spend the Big Bucks When Women Are Scarce
Author: Scientific American
Sat, Jan 14, 2012
A recent study finds that when men perceive that there are few women, they'll spend more money. Christie Nicholson reports
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Cognitive Decline Sets in around Age 45
Author: Scientific American
Sun, Jan 8, 2012
A new study finds that the inevitable cognitive decline we all face starts earlier than we originally thought. Christie Nicholson reports
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The Elderly React Slowly Because They Want to Be Right
Author: Scientific American
Sat, Dec 31, 2011
Recent studies have found that the elderly may respond more slowly to specific tasks, but not because their cognitive skills are slower. Christie Nicholson reports
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Toddlers Don't Monitor Their Own Speech
Author: Scientific American
Sat, Dec 24, 2011
Adults and children hear their own voice and use it as feedback to monitor their speech, but it seems that young toddlers do not. Christie Nicholson reports
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A Quirk of Speech May Become a New Vocal Style
Author: Scientific American
Sat, Dec 17, 2011
What used to be thought of as a symptom of a speech disorder might now be a hot trend in vocal style among rock stars and young women. Christie Nicholson reports
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Individuals Are Removed from Blame When in Groups
Author: Scientific American
Sun, Dec 11, 2011
A recent study has found that we do not tend to hold individual members of a group responsible for their individual actions. Christie Nicholson reports
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Killing 1 Person to Save 5
Author: Scientific American
Sat, Dec 3, 2011
Researchers test a famous ethical dilemma called the "trolley problem" in a very real setting. Christie Nicholson reports
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Dreams Help Soothe Your Bad Memories
Author: Scientific American
Mon, Nov 28, 2011
Research finds that dreams may help consolidate and soothe troubled memories and experiences. Christie Nicholson reports
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Protein Might Ward Off Afternoon Snooze
Author: Scientific American
Sat, Nov 19, 2011
Glucose can block brain cell secretion of orexin, which keeps us alert. But amino acids can stop that block. Christie Nicholson reports
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How We View Half-Naked Men and Women
Author: Scientific American
Sun, Nov 13, 2011
Research finds that scantily-clad women and men are judged in similar ways. Christie Nicholson reports
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Brains Built to Cooperate
Author: Scientific American
Sun, Nov 6, 2011
Research finds support for the theory that brains excel when we cooperate. At least in duet-singing wrens. Christie Nicholson reports
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Be Afraid, but Not Too Afraid
Author: Scientific American
Mon, Oct 31, 2011
Halloween reminds us that we love to be scared. But too much of anything is not good. Christie Nicholson reports
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Are Men Funnier Than Women?
Author: Scientific American
Mon, Oct 24, 2011
A new study finds that the humor gap between the sexes is more stereotype than reality. Christie Nicholson reports
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Body Language Improves Our Communication
Author: Scientific American
Wed, Oct 19, 2011
Recent research finds that body language significantly improves how well we are understood by our audience. Christie Nicholson reports
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Young Children Think Differently about Ownership
Author: Scientific American
Sun, Oct 9, 2011
Research shows that young children tend to think that naturally occurring objects like pinecones or rocks cannot be owned. Christie Nicholson reports
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Clothing Reveals Racial Stereotypes
Author: Scientific American
Sat, Oct 1, 2011
A study in the journal Public Library of Science ONE finds that many judge race based on types of clothing. Christie Nicholson reports
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Speech Disorders May Be Helped Using Rhythm and Familiar Words
Author: Scientific American
Thu, Sep 29, 2011
Singing therapy is often used to restore fluency to sufferers of speech disorders due to stroke. Recent research found, however, it may not be the singing itself that helps. Christie Nicholson reports
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Scientists Find a New Way to Measure Pain
Author: Scientific American
Tue, Sep 20, 2011
Scientists have been searching for an accurate way to measure pain beyond a patient's self-report, but to no avail. A recent study might have found one possible solution. Christie Nicholson reports
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Musicians Maintain Hearing Better
Author: Scientific American
Tue, Sep 13, 2011
A hearing study of experienced musicians found they had a better chance than non-musicians of avoiding the hearing loss associated with aging. Christie Nicholson reports
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Overeating Depends on Context
Author: Scientific American
Sat, Sep 3, 2011
Research has found that ritual and context influences us to eat too much with no regard for quality. Christie Nicholson reports
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Global Survey Links Religion and Happiness
Author: Scientific American
Thu, Sep 1, 2011
An analysis of the Gallop World Poll finds that there is an association with religion and increased happiness, but only in societies that lack adequate social support. Christie Nicholson reports
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Ability for Mathematics May Be Inborn
Author: Scientific American
Sun, Aug 21, 2011
Children who have a good sense of numbers also tend to have a talent for arithmetic, even before formal training. Christie Nicholson reports
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Spoiling the Ending Makes for a Better Story
Author: Scientific American
Sun, Aug 14, 2011
Research has found that giving away the best part of a story at the beginning actually makes it more enjoyable. Christie Nicholson reports
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More Football Players Found to Suffer from Degenerative Disease
Author: Scientific American
Sun, Aug 7, 2011
The Canadian Sports Concussion Project announced
the results from brain autopsies of four CFL football players. Two of the players suffered from the degenerative disease chronic traumatic encephalopathy. Christie Nicholson reports
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Panic Attack Sufferers Are Unaware of Symptoms
Author: Scientific American
Sat, Jul 30, 2011
Panic attacks seem to come out of nowhere, but research finds symptoms appear up to one hour before the sufferer is aware of the attack. Christie Nicholson reports
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Compulsive Gamblers Combine Impulsiveness with Irrationality
Author: Scientific American
Sun, Jul 17, 2011
Compulsive gamblers seeking treatment were more impulsive and more likely to be superstitious than were non-gamblers. Steve Mirsky reports
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Hot Baths May Cure Loneliness
Author: Scientific American
Sat, Jul 2, 2011
Recent research finds that taking a hot bath can cure loneliness. Christie Nicholson reports
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Paying in Cash Keeps Us Healthy
Author: Scientific American
Sat, Jun 25, 2011
Recent research finds that our vices can be held back when we use cash instead of credit cards at the grocery store. Christie Nicholson reports
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Small Study: Young Gang Members Want Dogs Mostly for Companionship
Author: Scientific American
Sat, Jun 18, 2011
A study of 25 young gang and group members in South Wales found that they wanted dogs less as weapons or protection and mostly for companionship and socialization. Steve Mirsky reports
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Inattentional Blindness Can Make You Not Perceive Events
Author: Scientific American
Sat, Jun 11, 2011
Research finds that a cop who testified that he ran past a beating without seeing it could be telling the truth. Christie Nicholson reports
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Math Learning Disability as Common as Dyslexia
Author: Scientific American
Sat, Jun 4, 2011
Research has found that dyscalculia, a learning disability focused around number and math concepts, is as common as dyslexia. Christie Nicholson reports
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The Blind Use the Visual Cortex to Process Sound
Author: Scientific American
Sat, May 28, 2011
Recent research has confirmed that in blind subjects who use echolocation to navigate, it is the visual part of the brain that processes the auditory echoes. Christie Nicholson reports
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Rude People Can Be Perceived as Powerful
Author: Scientific American
Sun, May 22, 2011
Powerful people often bend the rules, so if someone is a rule-breaker could they be perceived as powerful? Christie Nicholson reports
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How to Speak Persuasively
Author: Scientific American
Sat, May 14, 2011
Discover how to successfully persuade others with these findings from a recent study on speech. Christie Nicholson reports
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Know Thyself
Author: Scientific American
Sat, May 7, 2011
A recent review paper shows that we might not know ourselves as well as we think. Christie Nicholson reports
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First Impressions Can Be Quite Accurate
Author: Scientific American
Sat, Apr 30, 2011
A study about the perception of neighborhoods reveals that our gut instinct based on the physical features of the neighborhood is highly accurate. Christie Nicholson reports
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Reading the Mind to Restore Speech
Author: Scientific American
Mon, Apr 25, 2011
By just thinking about, or saying, certain words, people can control a computer cursor. Christie Nicholson reports
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Our Uhs and Ums May Help Children Learn Language
Author: Scientific American
Sun, Apr 17, 2011
We think we should remove any ums and uhs when we talk, especially when teaching children language. New research finds that such pauses may be useful. Christie Nicholson reports
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Yawns Are Contagious When You're with Friends
Author: Scientific American
Sun, Apr 10, 2011
Research with chimpanzees finds that chimps yawn more around other yawning chimps from their own community than with those from a separate community. Christie Nicholson reports
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People with Tourette Syndrome Show Strong Cognitive Control
Author: Scientific American
Sat, Apr 2, 2011
Research finds that increased brain activity in key areas is tightly linked to an ability to control the tics caused by Tourette syndrome. Christie Nicholson reports
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First Sex Alters Body Image
Author: Scientific American
Sun, Mar 27, 2011
A recent assessment of undergrads reveals a gender difference in how the students see their bodies after their first sexual intercourse. Christie Nicholson reports
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Self-Restraint Leads Us to Prefer Aggression
Author: Scientific American
Sun, Mar 20, 2011
Research shows that when we practice self-restraint, we also tend to prefer aggressive messaging and movies. Christie Nicholson reports
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Right-Handers Tend to Prefer the Right Side
Author: Scientific American
Sun, Mar 13, 2011
Recent research in the journal Psychological Science found that righties tend to prefer the right side of anything (spatially speaking) and lefties the left. Christie Nicholson reports
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Perception of Our Physical State When Depressed or Anxious
Author: Scientific American
Sun, Mar 6, 2011
Depression and anxiety have very different influences on how we perceive physical symptoms. Christie Nicholson reports
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Social Context Influences Language
Author: Scientific American
Sun, Feb 27, 2011
A recent study with teenage male songbirds finds that they can suddenly have a surge of tweeting talent when they are placed in the presence of a female bird. Christie Nicholson reports
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Early Attachment May Affect Our Ability to Resolve Conflict in Relationships
Author: Scientific American
Tue, Feb 22, 2011
Recent research in the journal Psychological Science reveals that infant attachment styles might influence our ability to recover from fights with our romantic partners. Christie Nicholson reports
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Look to Lessen Acute Pain
Author: Scientific American
Mon, Feb 14, 2011
Volunteers could endure an uncomfortable stimulus longer when they looked at the affected body part, and even longer if the part appeared enlarged
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Cannabis May Influence Onset of Psychosis
Author: Scientific American
Mon, Feb 7, 2011
Research to be published this summer finds that the use of cannabis is associated with the early onset of psychosis. Christie Nicholson reports
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Babies Think Large Means Dominant
Author: Scientific American
Sun, Jan 30, 2011
Recent research shows that even infants have a bias to think that big means alpha. Christie Nicholson reports
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Meditation Correlated with Structural Changes in the Brain
Author: Scientific American
Sat, Jan 22, 2011
A study published this week finds that an eight-week meditation course leads to structural changes in the brain. Christie Nicholson reports
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Play Up That Ugly Trait
Author: Scientific American
Sun, Jan 16, 2011
Data analysis from the popular online dating site OkCupid finds that the women who get the most attention from men are rated by many men as unattractive. Christie Nicholson reports
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The Popularity of Predictive Medical Testing
Author: Scientific American
Sat, Jan 8, 2011
A recent survey performed by the Tufts Medical Center finds that many would take a predictive test for prostate cancer. Christie Nicholson reports
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What It Means to Forgive
Author: Scientific American
Sat, Jan 1, 2011
This New Year's as we reflect on our experiences with friends and family we might think about forgiveness, both given and received. Philosopher Charles Griswold provides some guidance. Christie Nicholson reports
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The Strongest Predictor for Low Stress
Author: Scientific American
Sat, Dec 25, 2010
Research from wild baboons provides insight into perhaps the best way to combat daily, psychological stress. During this holiday season it might bring some comfort. Christie Nicholson reports
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More Money Doesn't Mean More Happiness
Author: Scientific American
Sun, Dec 19, 2010
Richard Easterlin wrote a paper back in the 1970s showing that increased income doesn't correlate with increased happiness. Last week he published an update on that paper. Christie Nicholson reports
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What Makes an Honest Smile Honest?
Author: Scientific American
Sat, Dec 11, 2010
What is the telltale clue to a genuine smile? Recent research finds positive correlations with this honest show of emotion. Christie Nicholson reports
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Visual Illusions Depend On Visual Cortex Size
Author: Scientific American
Sun, Dec 5, 2010
Research released today in Nature Neuroscience finds that we are are more likely to be tricked by a visual illusion if we have a smaller amount of brain real estate devoted to visual processing. Christie Nicholson reports
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