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True or False

April 18, 2005
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Musical Meters

March 22, 2005

People raised in North America can't process complex rhythms as well as Eastern Europeans.

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Finger Length

March 21, 2005

Men with more dramatic differences in the lengths of their fingers are more aggressive.

Read moreFinger Length

Dog Personalities

March 12, 2005

Dogs exhibit personality traits identified in humans.

Read moreDog Personalities

Music & Technology

March 10, 2005

Applying the human model of learning to make better computers and machines

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Music & Intelligence

March 9, 2005

The way we learn music can be used to model all human learning

Read moreMusic & Intelligence

Mood Roundup

March 4, 2005

Sick people are as happy as healthy people, and calculating national well being

Read moreMood Roundup

Monkey Pay-Per-View

February 28, 2005

Monkeys will take a smaller juice reward to look at pictures of female monkey butts.

Read moreMonkey Pay-Per-View

Relationship Roundup

February 25, 2005

Secret relationships are of lower quality, and men and women have different definitions for sense of humor.

Read moreRelationship Roundup

Teens and Tech

February 16, 2005

Young drivers on cell phones react as slowly as senior citizens, and students who use computers to do papers score higher on tests.

Read moreTeens and Tech

Valentine Roundup

February 14, 2005

Stress hormones are abnormally high in people who are in love, and people choose spouses with similar names.

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Hoarding

January 26, 2005

Damage to one part of the brain results in indiscriminate hoarding behavior.

Read moreHoarding

Imaginary Friends Roundup

January 21, 2005

Having imaginary friends can be good for kids, and experiences can affect how we perceive smells.

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Baby Audiophiles

January 10, 2005

Young babies pay more attention to sounds than pictures.

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Time Roundup

December 31, 2004

People work the same number of hours now but have less time, and time isn't valued highly even though it's scarce.

Read moreTime Roundup

Smart Brain Drugs

December 29, 2004

A new program to design drugs to cure mental illness, not just treat symptoms.

Read moreSmart Brain Drugs

Shopping Momentum

December 27, 2004

If you go shopping for necessities, it's easier to get carried away and overbuy.

Read moreShopping Momentum

Perfect Pitch

December 14, 2004

Native Chinese speakers are more likely to have perfect pitch than Americans.

Read morePerfect Pitch

Same-Sex Parents

December 1, 2004

Children of same-sex couples fare about as well as children of opposite-sex couples.

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Lying on E-mail

November 24, 2004

In e-mail, liars use more feeling words, sense words, and more words overall.

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Breastfeeding Chemical

November 17, 2004

Nursing mothers emit chemical signals that increase sexual desire in other women.

Read moreBreastfeeding Chemical

Perception Roundup

November 12, 2004

Volunteers mistook harmless tools for guns when the face they saw was black, and people who see colored auras might have synesthesia.

Read morePerception Roundup

Cola Brains

November 11, 2004

How a cola tastes depends on brand recognition, with Coke having the strongest imprint

Read moreCola Brains

Lying Roundup

November 5, 2004

Only a small percentage of people can spot liars, and sucking up will leave a good impression in a job interview.

Read moreLying Roundup
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