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Visualized Heartbeat Can Trigger ‘Out-of-Body Experience’
A visual projection of human heartbeats can be used to generate an “out-of-body experience,” according to new research to be published in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science. The findings could
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Rituals Make Our Food More Flavorful
The New York Times: Do you always fold a New York slice in all its oily glory? Is a whole lobster best relished in this order: legs, claws then succulent tail? Do you eat Oreos
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People Judge Intentional Harms More Severely, Study Finds
The Huffington Post: Was it clearly an accident, or more of a malicious move? How we perceive an action affects how we judge it, according to a new study from Princeton University researchers. For the
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Singing ‘Happy Birthday’ makes the cake taste better
NBC: It’s your birthday! You hate attention. But you do love cake. So before you stuff your gullet with red velvet deliciousness, you’d better suffer through the annual off-key embarrassment of everyone singing “Happy Birthday”
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Cibo più gustoso grazie ai rituali (Food is tastier thanks to rituals)
La Stampa: Cappellini, trombette, stelle filanti e canti a squarciagola. Sono questi gli elementi che caratterizzano la buona riuscita di una festa. Quando si tratta di un compleanno, poi, si aggiunge il momento magico dello
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An invisible gorilla in your lungs
The Boston Globe: In a famous experiment, researchers asked people to watch a video of a group passing a basketball and count the number of passes. In the middle of the video, someone in a