Merv Mandelbaum 
Humble underwear may be more dangerous than you’d think; men and women are willing to pay more for stuff after handling it, and women take more risky gambles to boot. In what is perhaps the most creative study of the year, researchers in the Journal of Consumer Psychology found that … Read More
Want to keep your mind sharp as you age? Speak another language; the effect persists even if you can’t read. A study published in Neurology found that, on average, dementia symptoms develop four years later in people who are bilingual compared with people who speak only one language. Researchers interviewed … Read More
It’s been long known that exercise can aide in treating depression (and lengthening your life, help you beat stress, slow prostate cancer, and more), but now more evidence suggests that it can prevent depression later in life. A study conducted at the University of Toronto reviewed more than thirty studies … Read More
We all hate people who fill their Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram with an endless cavalcade of poorly-focused food pictures, and now there’s proof that they’re making our lives worse, therefore making that hatred totally not irrational. Okay, maybe still a bit irrational. A study published in the Journal of Consumer … Read More
Want to enjoy a good sunset, marvel at an architectural triumph, or take in Willie Nelson’s latest hit? Well, you might have a better time if you aren’t in the presence fast food. That’s right, you don’t even need to be eating it—the mere presence of fast food might make … Read More
