What we touch in each moment changes our way of thinking, according to research published in the latest issue of the journal Science. In a series of six experiments with the sense of touch, researchers from Harvard and Yale Universities and the MIT Institute have verified how this sense, which is the first acquired by babies, determines social attitudes.
In people addicted to caffeine, coffee does not have the same effect as in subjects without a habit of consuming that substance, according to a study published in the journal Neuropsychopharmacology. What's more, its effect can be equivalent to that of a placebo.
99% of the population has felt at some point "infected" by a song that cannot be removed from their heads. Andréane McNally-Gagnon and Silvie Hébert, from the University of Montreal (Canada), have decided to study the phenomenon in depth.
Two American scientists have shown that blood glucose levels affect the decision-making process. "When we have available energy, in the form of glucose, our decisions are more oriented towards the future," conclude the researchers, who assure that "the future is more abstract than the present and requires more cognitive effort on the part of our brain." Having little energy (little glucose) in the blood, on the contrary, makes us focus on the present.
Life seems rosier after 50, according to a study published in the journal PNAS. Specifically, adults over half a century of life are generally happier, experience less stress, and worry less than those in their twenties.
Spending just five minutes next to a beautiful woman is just as stressful for a man as jumping from a plane, as it raises the levels of cortisol, the stress hormone, according to a study carried out by Spanish scientists from the University of Valencia.
An investigation carried out by the University of Granada and the Institute of Criminology of the University of Cambridge has shown that policemen and ordinary citizens have a different logic when making decisions than criminals, that is, they use reasoning other than act, information that could have important implications for criminal justice.
According to a new study by the American Chemical Society (ACS) published in the journal Environmental Science & Technology, just 5 minutes of exercise in a park, in the garden or in any other green space has an important benefit for mental health.
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.
