Eye-catching studies that didn’t make the final cut:

Anomalous experiences in the general population are common.

Expert footballers may extract more information from a single glance.

Should juries be made up of fewer than twelve people?

Why don’t smart teens have sex?

Attempting to quit smoking without telling anyone is just as effective as making a public announcement.

Brain stimulation over Broca’s area differentially modulates naming skills in neurotypical adults and individuals with Asperger’s syndrome.

Agitated honeybees exhibit pessimistic cognitive biases.

Good mothers, bad thoughts: New mothers’ thoughts of intentionally harming their newborns.

A meta-analysis of interventions to reduce loneliness.

Working memory training and transfer in older adults.

Is there a sensitive period in human incest avoidance? (pdf)

The neural correlates of narcissism.

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[This post was compiled by Christian Jarrett for the BPS Research Digest.]