60-Second Mind

Scientific American

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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

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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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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10-04-2010

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I have been listening to these 60 second podcasts for some time now and noticed no one rated them. This can only be because their quality and practicality is so high that one simply doesn't register the possibilty of expressing gratitude. I hope to remedy this. Thanks for allowing me an overview of the many interesting subjects of development. Without this I would have a hard time keeping up. Cheers, Cees
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