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Looking for new ways to keep a healthy heart, but already exercise, eat right, don’t smoke, and all that good stuff? Well, foster a happy marriage. A study published in Psychological Science found that a supportive marriage was a predictor of good heart health. For the study, researchers had 136 … Read More
Want to calm down? Dim the lights. Want to get amped up? Turn ‘em up. That’s the gist of a new study published in the Journal of Consumer Psychology. Researchers had a group of students rate how warm they thought a room was—first lit by computer monitors, then by florescent … Read More
How long does it take to train your brain to see things better? According to a new study published in Current Biology, you just need to play a little iPad game for twenty-five minutes a day, four days a week, for two months, and not only will your vision improve, … Read More
When a team is on a hot streak, they have good momentum, right? And if faced with the same ice, team, or other factors as a past victory, they have a better chance of future victory, right? And the team with momentum has an advantage, right? Well, according to a … Read More
Think fast! If your buddy tosses you a beer unexpectedly instead of handing it to you, how likely are you to catch it? Well, those same reactions honed by years of juvenile bro-on-bro pranks and video games might be helping you cheat death. A study published in PLOS One found … Read More
