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Attractive individuals may be penalized for good looks
National Post: It isn’t easy being beautiful — at least, not all the time. Two new studies have identified a surprising penalty for good looks, with implications for professional and personal settings alike. Researchers from
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The ultimate brain-boosting evening
Men’s Health UK: The area of your brain responsible for memory formation is the hippocampus – and the bigger yours the better. Researchers from the University of Illinois and the University of Pittsburgh recently discovered
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Seek value, not status, when shopping
China Daily: I was in the States recently wearing my Armani suit that I bought in Beijing. Friends commented how great I looked and a stranger or two even stopped me to pay a compliment.
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Ovulating women better at spotting straight men: study
CTV Canada: Women can more accurately identify a man’s sexual orientation the closer she is to ovulation, according to a study released this month. The study, a joint project by the University of Toronto and
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Immunity in the Mind
Do our own prejudices and perceptions of people help defend our bodies against infectious disease? An article published in the April issue of Current Directions in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological
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The Tricky Chemistry of Attraction
The Wall Street Journal: Much of the attraction between the sexes is chemistry. New studies suggest that when women use hormonal contraceptives, such as birth-control pills, it disrupts some of these chemical signals, affecting their
