Extras
Eye-catching studies that didn’t make the final cut.
08 March 2012
The last chocolate tastes the best.
Men with beards are judged to be higher status, more aggressive, but less attractive.
Taking the beta-blocker propranolol associated with reduced implicit racism.
People who are kind to themselves are more caring and supportive of their romantic partners.
Violence among female stalkers.
The map in your head faces north.
You look as good as you feel. Exercise benefits people’s body image even when their weight/shape hasn’t changed.
If you’re slow at the traffic lights, you’re likely to get honked earlier if you’re in a red car.
Surely snack companies will resist this: occasional differently coloured crisps in a tube of crisps were found to reduce consumption – presumably because they provide a marker of how much you’ve eaten.
We forage through our semantic memories like animals forage for food.