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- Mental time travel: An exclusively human capacity?
- Healthy reflections: Mirrors can make unhealthy foods less tasty
- Snake bellies help scientists get a grip
| Mental time travel: An exclusively human capacity? Posted: 22 Dec 2015 05:23 AM PST Are humans the only ones who are able to remember events that they had experienced and mentally time travel not only into the past but also the future? Or do animals have the same capacity? To a certain extent they do, according to three researchers who are contributing a new theoretical model to this long-standing discussion. |
| Healthy reflections: Mirrors can make unhealthy foods less tasty Posted: 17 Dec 2015 12:16 PM PST People often choose the unhealthy food because they think it is tastier. Aiming for solutions promoting healthy eating practices and ultimately combating obesity, this research shows that the presence of a mirror in a consumption setting can reduce the perceived tastiness of unhealthy food, which consequently reduces its consumption. |
| Snake bellies help scientists get a grip Posted: 17 Dec 2015 10:05 AM PST A new study sheds light on how snakes' sharp-edged belly keels improve climbing abilities, which could lead to bio-inspired robotic designs and new methods to prevent snake invasion. |
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