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How to avoid raising a materialistic child
If you’re a parent, you may be concerned that materialism among children has been on the rise. According to research,
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The god of small things
New research suggests people who are religious gain happiness from believing there is a deeper meaning to everyday events. Dr
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More than half of drivers don’t look for cyclists and pedestrians before turning right: U of T Engineering researchers tracked drivers’ eye movements to examine how attention is divided during turning, revealing that many fail to shoulder check — especially those who frequently drive downtown
U of T Engineering researchers studied the eye movements of drivers at busy Toronto intersections and found that more than
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Consciousness is partly preserved during general anesthesia
When people are administered an anaesthetic, they seem to lose consciousness — or at least they stop reacting to their
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Religious involvement deters recreational and medical marijuana use, researchers find
Although marijuana use for medical and recreational purposes is at an all-time high in the United States, a team of
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Where the brain processes spiritual experiences
Yale scientists have identified a possible neurobiological home for the spiritual experience — the sense of connection to something greater
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New moms’ voices get lower after pregnancy: Voice drops by one piano note, and lasts for a year
The pitch of new mothers’ voices temporarily drops after they have had their first baby, according to a new longitudinal
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Older men with higher levels of sex hormones could be less religious, study suggests: Amount of testosterone and dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) in a man’s body may influence how religious he is
The level of sex hormones such as testosterone in a man’s body could influence his religiosity. A new study by
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Can estimates from forensic handwriting experts be trusted in court? New study indicates that experts are not 100 per cent adept at assessing how often specific handwriting features occur in the general population
Forensic handwriting specialists are often called on to testify in court about the origins of a few lines of writing,
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