Triple-Decker Weekly, 54
...USA to detect deception. However, little is known about the effects of emotional processes (such as the fear of being found guilty despite being innocent) on the physiological responses that...
Triple-Decker Weekly, 109
...clip) suffices to disrupt the conversational flow and make one feel distressed, afraid, hurt, and rejected. These effects occur despite participants’ unawareness of the short, single silence. […] Finally, the...
The Science of Making CS Gas “Safe”
The idea that tear gas is "safe" was produced through violent experimentation on working-class colonial subjects
‘Which way I fly is Hell; myself am Hell’ –John Milton
...nausea/vomiting or headaches. These fleeting side effects pale in comparison to the severity of commonly prescribed antidepressants, which include dangerous changes in heart rate and blood pressure, paradoxical increases in...
Triple-Decker Weekly, 137
...chatty Psychologists have identified the length of eye contact that people find most comfortable (just over three seconds) Study Shows Mediums Are Wrong 46.2% of the Time People who made...
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...Shalev, the study’s lead author. Another study, conducted at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, hints at possible physical effects of chronic stress. Among a sample of 5,243 nurses nationwide,...
Needles and the Damage Done
...because the parent company claimed it wasn’t profitable enough. But when Needles residents heard this news, they launched a campaign to save their only grocery store, pressuring the city government...
Triple-Decker Weekly, 126
...less is known about how this content effects boys’ perceptions of women and courtship. Accordingly, the current three-wave panel study investigated whether exposure to sexualizing magazines predicts adolescent boys’ (N...
Triple-Decker Weekly, 144
...The Boombox Incident (The process for removing bald people from photos) Quantum computing for the very curious Seat Choice in a Crowded Café: Effects of Eye Contact, Distance, and Anchoring...
Triple-Decker Weekly, 135
...as strong as morphine, has fewer side effects, and isn’t likely to be addictive Pain produces memory gain Resting in a quiet room for 10 minutes without stimulation can boost...
Can dropping a little data change conclusions?
...(i.e., psychogenic shivers) demonstrate their positive effects on stress, pleasure, and social cognition. We tested whether we could artificially enhance this emotion and its downstream effects by intervening on its...
Best in Show
...complement your charge: “I never want to blend in with my dog,” says a handler in this article, which also advises dressing to distract from dogs’ flaws if necessary—the canine...
Triple-Decker Weekly, 28
...to the grocery store with a carefully composed list, walk through the aisles fuming, and then leave so furious that I completely forgot to buy any food. The anger—which could...
Knocked Out Loaded
...no medical value whatsoever, like cocaine and heroin. The side effects of flunitrazepam are what make it such a troubling concoction. In addition to slowing psychomotor performance (e.g., the ability...
Blue Skies
...virtually useless in maintaining even the weakest vision of accountability. In contrast to the strict controls that have been developed by departments over time to store material evidence, Evidence.com seems...
Triple-Decker Weekly, 53
...The study, at Johns Hopkins University of Medicine in Baltimore, found that a single dose of psilocybin, the active ingredient in magic mushrooms, was enough to cause positive effects for...