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Women’s Voices Behind Sex Appeal

Thursday, April 23, 2009

Why are we attracted to one person over another? Science is working to answer this question with some intriguing new research. It may be that unexpected (and some unseen) factors like biochemical odors and the women’s voices may add to the visual appeal of the face that makes your heart pound and your palms sweat.
Scent [...]

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Brain study shows that mature women master negative events quicker

Thursday, January 29, 2009

New evidence published online in the January 2009 issue of the journal Psychological Science shows in a brain study that the brains of older women process negative images in a different way than do the brains of younger women.
This is a physical sign that the brain is able to learn to cope [...]

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What Causes Yawning – The Real Reason Why People Yawn

Thursday, January 29, 2009

Though the average one lasts only six seconds, and raises your heart rate by as much as 30%, yawning is still a phenomenon full of mystery often leaving researchers wondering what causes yawning and why people yawn when they do.
Surprisingly all vertebrates yawn… but why do we yawn? Why do we sometimes yawn [...]

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