
Speaker Sex Affects Listener Processing of Gendered Words
When the sex of the Spanish word and the talker differed, Spanish-speaking listeners took longer to process and act on the verbal information. Karen Hopkin reports.

Speaker Sex Affects Listener Processing of Gendered Words
When the sex of the Spanish word and the talker differed, Spanish-speaking listeners took longer to process and act on the verbal information. Karen Hopkin reports.

Big Liars Are Truthful about Lying
Frequent fibbers, who tend to get high scores on tests measuring psychopathic traits, openly admit their untrustworthy tendency. Sophie Bushwick reports


Valley Boys Now Make Statements Sound Like Questions
Researchers say "valley speak," the tendency to end statements with a rising pitch, has been adopted by a new demographic: men. Christopher Intagliata reports

Dyslexia Linked to Brain Communication Breakdown
The brain's language centers struggle to access phonetic information

The Cheerleader Effect
Seeing faces in groups makes them appear more attractive

How Men's Brains Are Wired Differently than Women's
Male brains have more connections within hemispheres to optimize motor skills, whereas female brains are more connected between hemispheres to combine analytical and intuitive thinking

We Are More Likely To Lie In the Afternoon
If you want to catch someone in a lie, you'll raise your odds in the afternoons, as most people are more likely to cheat or lie then as opposed to the morning. Christie Nicholson reports

Huh? Appears To Be Universally Understood
In multiple languages, a word that sounds a lot like "huh?" signals that the utterer needs to have verbal information repeated or restated. Karen Hopkin reports.

Confident Multitaskers Are the Most Dangerous behind the Wheel
The dangerous psychology of texting while driving

Tablet Computers Help Children in Remote Villages Learn to Read
Children in rural Ethiopia are teaching themselves to read with Android tablets

The Reading Brain in the Digital Age: Why Paper Still Beats Screens
E-readers and tablets are becoming more popular as such technologies improve, but reading on paper still has its advantages

Novel Finding: Reading Literary Fiction Improves Empathy
The types of books we read may affect how we relate to others