How the brain helps us make good decisions — and bad ones
A prevailing theory in neuroscience holds that people make decisions based on integrated global calculations that occur within the frontal […]
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How people want to feel determines whether others can influence their emotions
In a new study, Stanford psychologists examined why some people respond differently to an upsetting situation and learned that people’s […]
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Big data says food is too sweet
Text-mining analysis of Amazon customer reviews suggests foods are over-sweetened New research from the Monell Center analyzed nearly 400,000 food […]
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The solution to antibiotic resistance could be in your kitchen sponge
Researchers from the New York Institute of Technology (NYIT) have discovered bacteriophages, viruses that infect bacteria, living in their kitchen […]
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Keeping children safe in the ‘Internet of Things’ age
Children need protection when using programmable Internet computing devices – and Lancaster University scientists have drawn up new guidelines to […]
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One day of employment a week is all we need for mental health benefits — study
As automation advances, predictions of a jobless future have some fearing unrest from mass unemployment, while others imagine a more […]
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Could coffee be the secret to fighting obesity?
Scientists from the University of Nottingham have discovered that drinking a cup of coffee can stimulate ‘brown fat’, the body’s […]
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Foodie calls: Dating for a free meal (rather than a relationship)
When it comes to getting a date, there’s any number of ways people can present themselves and their interests. One […]
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Americans still eat too much processed meat and too little fish
A new analysis published in the Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics indicates that US adults eat as […]
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How information is like snacks, money, and drugs — to your brain
Researchers demonstrate common neural code for information and money; both act on the brain’s dopamine-producing reward system Can’t stop checking […]