Koto Nakamura and her husband, Sina Niakansafy, had been told their unborn baby was a girl. The Australian couple had planned to name their daughter Hinata, and had been showered with pink gifts for their baby in the weeks leading up to the delivery. However, when Nakamura gave birth to her baby, she was surprised…
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By Dana Dovey for Medical Daily Ever felt instantly attracted to a stranger but you couldn’t figure out why? Though you might have brushed it off as fate or destiny, a recent study has a much more scientific explanation: We may subconsciously be more attracted to strangers when we feel that we can accurately interpret…
Read MoreFacial Expressions for those with Facial Paralysis
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5G6ZR5lJgTI[/youtube] By Kathleen Bogart, Assistant Professor of Psychology, Oregon State University Facial expressions are important parts of how we communicate and how we develop impressions of the people around us. In “The Expression of Emotion in Man and Animals,” Charles Darwin proposed that facial expressions evolved to quickly communicate emotional states important to social survival.…
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