by Syndicated | December 11, 2017 | Around The Web | 0 Comments

The reason high intelligence and anxiety are correlated. Intelligence and anxiety may have evolved together as mutually beneficial traits, research finds. This may help to explain why people with high intelligence also tend to have higher levels of anxiety. The…

Here’s What Suicidal Thoughts Do To The Brain

by Syndicated | October 12, 2017 | Around The Web | 0 Comments

First study to find these changes in the brains of depressed people experiencing suicidal thoughts. People experiencing suicidal thoughts have a certain type of inflammation in their brain, new research finds. Microglial cells activate as part of the body’s inflammatory…

2 Video Games Linked To High Intelligence

by Syndicated | June 6, 2018 | Around The Web | 0 Comments

Some video games can act like an IQ test. Certain strategy games can act like an IQ test, according to new research. People who perform well at the two games also did better at standard paper-and-pencil intelligence tests. One of…

The Quick Exercise That Immediately Improves Long-Term Memory

by Syndicated | December 19, 2017 | Around The Web | 0 Comments

Doing this exercise for 20 minutes can improve your long-term memory by 20%. One single workout with weights can immediately enhance long-term memory by around 20%, according to a new study. While it’s now well-established that months of aerobic exercise…

What Forced Sex Fantasies Mean In the #MeToo Era

by Syndicated | Oct 29, 2018 | Around The Web, Relationships, Sexuality

In the real world, forcing someone to have sex is something that is widely regarded as a repugnant act. By contrast, in our sexual fantasies, the prospect of being forced to have sex is something that many people find to… read more

The Most Attractive Facial Feature On Women

by Syndicated | Nov 24, 2017 | Around The Web, Relationships, Sexuality

What men look at most in the first 10 seconds of looking at a woman. The lips are the most attractive facial feature on women, according to a survey. In the first 10 seconds of meeting a women, on average, a man will spend around half that time looking at her lips. If...

Amy Elliott “Gone Girl” Diagnosis

by mloispro | May 9, 2017 | Mental Health, Relationships, Sexuality

Amy Elliott is a 34-year old Caucasian female. She was mandated to undergo a psychiatric evaluation due to the complexity and severity of the crimes she committed. Amy presented as calm, collected, and well-groomed during the initial interview. She began the interview...

What Young Women Believe About Their Own Sexual Pleasure (Video)

by Syndicated | May 3, 2017 | Around The Web, Relationships, Sexuality

“I spent three years talking to girls ages 15 to 20 about their attitudes and experience of sex. And what I found was that while young women may feel entitled to engage in sexual behavior, they don’t necessarily feel entitled… read more

How to be Successful at Online Dating, According to Science

by Syndicated | May 1, 2017 | Around The Web, Relationships, Sexuality

Americans are increasingly going online in order to find romantic and sexual partners. However, despite the popularity of online dating, most Americans have never tried it. That’s partially because there’s still some stigma attached to online dating, but it’s also… read more

Why So Many College Students Have Risky Sex on Spring Break

by Syndicated | Apr 22, 2017 | Around The Web, Relationships, Sexuality

My university, like many schools around the country, is on spring break this week. A lot of students are using this opportunity to not just take a breather from their studies, but also to travel. As I’m sure you’re well… read more

Sex differences in cognition are small

by Syndicated | Apr 20, 2017 | Around The Web, Sexuality

Lately I’ve been thinking about sex differences in brain and cognition. There are undeniable differences in the physical size of the brain, and different brain areas, even if there are no ‘female’ and ‘male’ brains categorically. These physical differences do… read more

Is An Open Relationship Right For You?

by Syndicated | Apr 14, 2017 | Around The Web, Relationships, Sexuality

Americans are very interested in the idea of consensual nonmonogamy. In fact, a 2016 national YouGov poll of 1,000 adults found that 48% of men and 31% of women said that their ideal relationship would be nonmonogamous to some degree;… read more

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