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Articles et réflexions sur les sciences comportementales appliquées au management au leadership et à l'entreprise

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Botox Fights Depression The wrinkle treatment prevents facial muscles from registering negative emotions By Tori Rodriguez | Monday, October 1, 2012 |

A common complaint about wrinkle-masking Botox is that recipients have difficulty displaying emotions on their faces. That side effect might be a good thing, however, for people with treatment-resistant depression. In the first randomized, controlled...

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How We Know That Humans Are Getting Smarter. In this excerpt from his new book, James R. Flynn explains how he came to understand how our minds have gained in cognitive skills during the 20th

Reprinted from Are We Getting Smarter? Rising IQ in the Twenty-First Century , by James R. Flynn. Copyright © 2012 James R. Flynn. Reprinted with the permission of Cambridge University Press. The phenomenon of IQ gains has created unnecessary controversy...

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Suited Science: What Are the Odds of Drawing That Card? A counting challenge from Science Buddies By Science Buddies | Thursday, September 27, 2012

Introduction Have you ever been playing cards and wished you could use psychic powers to draw the card you wanted? You may not be psychic, but you can still have the power of probability on your side. In this activity you'll investigate the probabilities...

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Simply Irresistible: Scientists Trace Gluttony's Path in the Brain Stimulating a brain region induces intense overeating By Daisy Yuhas

How much is too much chocolate? Desperately devouring 5 percent of one's body weight might sound extreme, but scientists tinkering with the brain chemistry of rodents have found it's certainly possible. Scientists at the University of Michigan (U.M.)...

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The Baby Laughter Project - Aidons la science

The laughter of tiny babies is not just a phenomenally popular theme for YouTube videos, it is also a fantastic window into the workings of the human brain. You can’t laugh unless you get the joke. At the University of London's Birkbeck Babylab we study...

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Common Parasite Linked to Personality Changes Eating a raw steak or owning a cat can make you more outgoing By Tori Rodriguez

Feeling sociable or reckless? You might have toxoplasmosis, an infection caused by the microscopic parasite Toxoplasma gondii, which the CDC estimates has infected about 22.5 percent of Americans older than 12 years old. Researchers tested participants...

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