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Handshake
A handshake is a short ritual in which two people grasp one of each other's like hands, in most cases accompanied by a brief up and down movement of the grasped hands.
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Graduation contamination: Just how many germs are you spreading with a handshake?
Graduations are a celebration of achievement and growth, but could all the pomp and circumstance increase your risk of exposure to harmful bacteria? A team of researchers from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public ...
May 16, 2011 |
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As time goes by, it gets tougher to 'just remember this'
The older we get, the more difficulty we seem to have remembering things. We reassure ourselves that our brains' "hard drives" are too full to handle the new information that comes in daily. But a Johns Hopkins ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
May 13, 2011 |
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Strict bans better for flu epidemic
When a serious threat of a flu epidemic arises, public health officials advise persons to stay away from crowds and, as importantly, avoid shaking hands.
Jan 13, 2011 |
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Scientists devise guide to the perfect handshake
Help is here for people who are overcome with nerves when faced with the age-old custom of shaking hands -- British scientists have unveiled a step-by-step guide to the perfect handshake.
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jul 16, 2010 |
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A woman's touch: Physical contact increases financial risk taking
A woman's touch is all it takes for people to throw caution to the wind. That's the conclusion of a new study published online in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science. If a female ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
May 11, 2010 |
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MIT robotic therapy holds promise for cerebral palsy (w/Video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- Over the past few years, MIT engineers have successfully tested robotic devices to help stroke patients learn to control their arms and legs. Now, they’re building on that work to help children ...
May 20, 2009 |
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