Adolescents are the segment of the population most prone to committing reckless acts that endanger their lives, ahead of adults and children. The impulsive behavior of young people is usually attributed to immaturity or lack of self-control typical of age. However, a new study from the Weill Cornell Medical College in New York (USA) has revealed that the brain has greater difficulty in curbing these impulses during this stage of development.
When a dog wags its tail, we usually interpret it as a sign of joy and happiness. However, a group of scientists from the University of Trento (Italy) has discovered that the swaying of your appendix is also a sign of sadness and that the difference lies in the side towards which the movement leans, the right being a sign of positive emotion and the left negative.
Doctor Mario Alonso Puig, born in Madrid in 1955, is a specialist in general surgery and of the digestive system and an eminence in the world of intelligence and human cognition. In addition to being a member of the New York Academy of Sciences, he is a member of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Our ability to self-control to avoid telling lies diminishes as the day progresses, making us more prone to bullshit in the afternoon and evening, according to a new study published in the journal Psychological Science.
Breast cancer affects 22,000 new people a year, often women, according to the Spanish Cancer Association. Some of those affected complain of cognitive problems associated with cancer treatment, alterations that they did not have before, such as memory lapses or forgetfulness.
This is how Sigal Tifferet and his collaborators found it when they did an experiment on Facebook. The study, published in Letters on Evolutionary Behavioral Science in 2012, tried to support the idea put forward by GF Miller (2000) that there is a possibility that the musicality of the human being is the result of natural selection through sexual selection .
We do not respond as quickly to a polite and polite smile as to a sincere smile, according to a study from Bangor University (UK) published in the journal Psychological Science. When someone smiles frankly, spontaneously, we can identify it faster than when someone who arches their lips does so solely out of commitment or courtesy.
According to the standard economic view, people choose to lie or come clean based on what they expect to receive in return, that is, based on how it affects their own material benefit. A new study denies it.
Danni Büchner is invited to Sam Dylan's Halloween party. But the "Goodbye Germany" emigrant has no desire for many other party guests. And find clear words.
