The scientific study of behaviour and of the mind.
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Is kissing a natural human activity?
The word natural here is meant in contrast to it being a sociological construct.
Is kissing in all its forms something natural for humans? Is it instinctively erotic? Or is it just a conventional ...
9
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1answer
164 views
Does the genetic expression of specific physical traits ever correlate to behaviour?
Over at skeptics, there were a couple questions asked as to the correlation of specific physical traits in relation to personality/behaviour. For instance, the simian line as well as red hair. Now, ...
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Do men have more extreme variations than women?
This question was considered unsuitable for Skeptics and I think it is more suited to BIology than Cognitive Sciences
I was reading this article which I found interesting. It is not supported with ...
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1answer
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Is there a biological basis to physical attraction?
Is there something encoded within us that makes us attracted to, e.g., someone
taller or shorter
with blonde or brunette hair
with green or blue eyes?
Or, is this phenomenon completely based on ...
5
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1answer
318 views
The genetic and physiological origins of laughter?
This Wikipedia article defines laughter in many terms, such as...
"a visual expression of happiness, or an inward feeling of joy"
and
"a part of human behavior regulated by the brain, ...
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1answer
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From inflammation to sickness and depression: when the immune system subjugates the brain
Recently, some research, for example this article has proposed that inflammation can cause innate immune cells to produce pro-inflammatory cytokines that act on the brain to cause sickness behaviour.
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4
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1answer
105 views
Are there any other animals that become attached to a non-living object?
Do any animals become attached to any non-living object that is not useful to the animal for any of its physical needs, like some children do to stuffed animals? Some children are so attached to their ...
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214 views
Is there a physiological difference between love and infatuation?
I find that people generally distinguish between love and infatuation. Is there a physiological difference between the two? Or are they biologically identical, and the difference is circumstantial?
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1answer
222 views
What animals stop other members of their species from mating and why?
(In particular primates)
I know chimps do. Powerful alpha males chimp would beat up omega males that they caught mating.
I know gorillas do. Powerful alpha males gorillas would beat up omega males ...
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1answer
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Serotonin - Does being aroused make you sleepy?
My Psychology text book says Serotonin causes "Sleep, arousal levels and emotion"
Does this really mean that when you are being aroused, Serotonin is released, which in turn makes you sleepy? If so, ...
0
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1answer
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What does “Activation” refer to in the context of the symptoms of Schizophrenia and Schizoaffective Disorder?
In this journal article certain symptoms are called "activation" in nature. I have never come across this term prior to coming across this article, so I would like to know quite simply what does it ...
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1answer
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Do women have greater reproductive success than men? [duplicate]
What proportion of men who go through their whole lives and never find a mate at all, and what proportion of women do? And is the proportion of men greater than the proportion of women?
