Psychology
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Same face, different person
Photos of a stranger’s mug can look like many unfamiliar people to an observer, complicating facial recognition research.
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Men’s spatial superiority takes cultural cues
Some societies may nurture comparable spatial skills in males and females.
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Moms talk, daughters’ hormones listen
A familiar voice, but not instant messaging, may trigger a kind of hormonal reassurance in girls.
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Kids share, chimps stash
Divvying up goods comes easily to 3-year-old kids but not to adult chimps, a finding with evolutionary implications.
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Narcissists need no reality check
Masters of vanity know they’re arrogant and disliked, but see own bigheadedness as justified.
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Sleeping babies learn in an eyeblink
To learn about spoken words and other sounds, 1-month-old babies sleep on it.
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Math disability tied to bad number sense
Children who don’t grasp arithmetic at all, unlike below-average students, have little feel for estimating quantities.
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Some fights vanish in plain sight
People engrossed in a task frequently overlook the seemingly obvious, such as a loud brawl.
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Kids own up to ownership
Children value personal ownership more than adults do and may need to learn when to disregard possessive urges.
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Geometric minds skip school
Villagers' understanding of lines and triangles raises questions about how people learn the properties of objects in space.
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Eyes take gossip to heart
Reading negative gossip about someone makes that person’s face easier to perceive.
