60-Second Mind

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60-Second Mind

Tune in every Saturday for quick commentary on the latest news in behavior and brain research—it'll just take a minute

  1. 14/02/2015

    Up Your Online Dating Game with Evidence-Based Strategies

    Choosing a user name starting with a letter appearing earlier in the alphabet is just one scientifically vetted way to increase the odds of turning an online encounter into a first date. Christopher Intagliata reports

    3 min

  2. 07/02/2015

    Junk Diet Rewires Rat Brains

    High-calorie and exceedingly pleasurable foods appear to change rat brain rewards circuitry, causing the rodents to continue to seek such fare. Erika Beras reports

    3 min

  3. 31/01/2015

    High Price Tag on Meds May Boost Healing

    Parkinson’s patients derived more benefits from a salt solution they were told was an expensive drug than from the same solution when it was described as being cheap medication. Karen Hopkin reports

    3 min

  4. 30/12/2014

    Publication Bias May Boost Findings for Bilingual Brain Benefits

    Of studies presented at conferences, those that found a cognitive benefit to bilingualism were almost twice as likely to get published in journals as were studies finding no benefit. Karen Hopkin reports

    3 min

  5. 20/12/2014

    Inclusion Illusion Lessens Racial Bias

    Implicit bias against another race lessened after volunteers experienced themselves via virtual reality as a member of that race. Karen Hopkin reports

    3 min

  6. 15/12/2014

    Blood Test Forecasts Concussion Severity

    Levels of a protein fragment in the blood paralleled how long head injuries benched hockey players. Ingrid Wickelgren reports

    3 min

  7. 08/12/2014

    Bouncy Gait Improves Mood

    If you're in an up mood, you may walk more energetically. But a study finds that purposefully walking more energetically may improve your mood. Christie Nicholson reports

    3 min

  8. 09/11/2014

    Synchronized Walking Reduces Opponent's Perceived Size

    Subjects who kept pace with a walking colleague estimated a potential enemy to be smaller and lighter than did other walkers who were not marching. Karen Hopkin reports

    3 min
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Tune in every Saturday for quick commentary on the latest news in behavior and brain research—it'll just take a minute

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    Scientific American
  • Years Active
    2011 - 2015
  • Episodes
    334
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    Clean
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    © Scientific American, a Division of Springer Nature America, Inc.
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