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People who doodle through meetings aren’t being rude or switching off
Psychology says the people who look up at 60 and wonder where all their friends went haven’t done…
Psychology says parents really do tend to have a favourite child, and it usually isn’t the one who…
Psychology says lonely people aren’t just short of company
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Research suggests walking helps you think of new ideas
The baby who stares into your eyes isn’t just looking at you
The morning after the Challenger exploded in 1986, a professor had 106 students write down exactly where they were…
Consciousness lives at the back of the brain, says one leading theory, or in a burst of prefrontal ignition at the…
Backers of rival theories of consciousness agreed in advance how to be proven wrong. A test on 256 people found neither theory held in…
