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Child Development Expert Says The Magic Of Santa Claus Is No Lie

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Dec 07, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Should parents let their children believe in Santa Claus?


Scary music is scarier with your eyes shut

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Sep 15, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (3) | comments 0

The power of the imagination is well-known: it's no surprise that scary music is scarier with your eyes closed. But now neuroscientist and psychiatrist Prof. Talma Hendler of Tel Aviv University's Functional Brain Center ...


Taking up music so you can hear

Medicine & Health / Research

created Aug 17, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Anyone with an MP3 device -- just about every man, woman and child on the planet today, it seems -- has a notion of the majesty of music, of the primal place it holds in the human imagination.


Imagine this: Study suggests power of imagination is more than just a metaphor

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Apr 14, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (11) | comments 4

We've heard it before: "Imagine yourself passing the exam or scoring a goal and it will happen." We may roll our eyes and think that's easier said than done, but in a new study in Psychological Science, a journal of the As ...


Stranger knows best: Other people know more about what will make us happy than we do

Stranger knows best: Other people know more about what will make us happy than we do

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Mar 19, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (6) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Want to know what will make you happy? Then ask a total stranger -- or so says a new study from Harvard University, which shows that another person's experience is often more informative than ...