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Ability to Love Takes Root in Earliest Infancy
December 14, 2011 The ability to trust, love, and resolve conflict with loved ones starts in childhood -- way earlier than you may think. New research suggests that your relationship with your mother during the first ... > full story -
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All It Takes Is a Smile (for Some Guys)
December 13, 2011 Does she or doesn't she ... ? Sexual cues are ambiguous, and confounding. We -- especially men -- often read them wrong. A new study hypothesizes that the men who get it wrong might be the ones that ... > full story -
Life After Cigarettes: Compared With Those Who Continue to Smoke, Quitters Are Both Happier and More Satisfied With Their Health
December 13, 2011 Life without cigarettes is not all doom and gloom. In fact, successful quitters are more satisfied with their lives and feel healthier, both one year and three years afterwards, than those who ... > full story -
Friends and Loved Ones Yawn Together
December 12, 2011 Yawning is contagious, as everybody knows. A new study shows that “yawn transmission” is more frequent, and faster, between people sharing an emotional bond: close friends, kin, and ... > full story -
Oxytocin Helps People Feel More Extroverted: Study Finds People More Sociable, Open, Trusting After Taking Oxytocin
December 9, 2011 New research has found an intranasal form of oxytocin can improve self-perception and make introverted individuals feel like ... > full story -
Female Fish Choose Sexier Friends to Avoid Harassment
December 7, 2011 Scientists have observed a strategy for females to avoid unwanted male attention: Choosing more attractive friends. The study is the first to show females spending time with those more sexually ... > full story -
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Power Does Go to Our Heads
December 6, 2011 Power -- defined as the ability to influence others -- makes people think differently. For North Americans, a feeling of power leads to thinking in a focused and analytical way, which may be ... > full story -
Study Examines Family Formations in Young Adulthood
December 5, 2011 For many, an important marker of adulthood is forming a family, whether it's having a child, getting married or cohabiting with a romantic partner. Researchers say a majority of young adults have ... > full story -
Savanna Chimps Exhibit Human-Like Sharing Behavior, Anthropologists Say
December 1, 2011 Anthropologists report that chimpanzees in Senegal frequently share food and hunting tools with other chimps. This is thought to be the first study to document non-meat sharing behavior among ... > full story -
Language May Be Dominant Social Marker for Young Children
December 1, 2011 Children's reasoning about language and race can take unexpected turns, according to researchers, who found that for younger white children in particular, language can loom larger than race in ... > full story
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