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Study shows people 'right size' portions of high-calorie foods

Posted: 13 Jun 2022 08:21 AM PDT

New research has revealed that humans moderate the size of energy-rich meals they eat, suggesting people are smarter eaters than previously thought.

Children in remote school faced more sleep, behavior and social challenges

Posted: 13 Jun 2022 08:15 AM PDT

Elementary school-aged children enrolled in remote learning experienced greater behavioral, learning-related, and sleep difficulties compared with children receiving in-person instruction, according to the findings of a new study.

Are we born with a moral compass?

Posted: 09 Jun 2022 10:19 AM PDT

Researchers found that preverbal infants can make and act on moral judgments about antisocial behavior in a third party. Using a new cognitive paradigm with gaze tracking, researchers were able to show that 8-month-old infants can engage in third-party punishment. This indicates that humans may have acquired morality through evolution, and opens the door for future experiments to investigate unexplored elements of infant cognition.