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(https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/04/250425114801.htm) Nudges improve food choices and cut calories when shopping for groceries online
Apr 25th 2025, 11:48

A team of researchers designed and tested a new digital toolkit that helps consumers make healthier grocery choices online -- an innovation that could play a major role in the global fight against chronic diseases such as heart disease, stroke and diabetes.

(https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/04/250422131205.htm) Listeners use gestures to predict upcoming words
Apr 22nd 2025, 13:12

In face-to-face conversations, speakers use hand movements to signal meaning. But do listeners actually use these gestures to predict what someone might say next? In a study using virtual avatars, scientists show that listeners used the avatar's gestures to predict upcoming speech. Both behavioral and EEG data indicated that hand gestures facilitate language processing, illustrating the multimodal nature of human communication.

(https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/04/250422131203.htm) Temporary anxiety impacts learning
Apr 22nd 2025, 13:12

Researchers found that a brief episode of anxiety may have a bigger influence on a person's ability to learn what is safe and what is not. A new study used a virtual reality game that involved picking flowers with bees in some of the blossoms that would 'sting' the participant, simulated by a mild electrical stimulation on the hand. Researchers discovered that temporary feelings of anxiety had the biggest impact on whether participants could learn to distinguish between the safe and dangerous areas, where the bees were and were not, not a person's general tendency to feel anxious.

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