Extras
Eye-catching studies that didn’t make the final cut.
17 August 2011
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A longitudinal study of children’s text messaging and literacy development
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First ever mapping of women’s genitals as represented in the sensory cortex of the female brain. “Vaginal, clitoral, and cervical regions of activation were differentiable, consistent with innervation by different afferent nerves and different behavioral correlates. Activation of the genital sensory cortex by nipple self-stimulation was unexpected, but suggests a neurological basis for women’s reports of its erotogenic quality.”
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Being mistreated in childhood linked with recurring, hard-to-treat depression in adulthood
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Links found between a person’s spatial skills and their social acumen
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A meta-analysis of the bystander effect – the dilution of social responsibility when we’re in a group. But there are also situations in which helping is increased in groups