If you’re under the impression that being in an open relationship is just “cheating with permission,” get that out of your head, stat. Ask anyone who’s been in an open or polyamorous relationship, and they’ll say it’s about much more than just sex — it’s a lot of communication, a lot of trust, and a… Read More: 12 Ways Being in an Open Relationship Changes Your Sex… »
Why do we become more positive as we grow older? Why are adolescents so sensitive to negative social cues? These are a few of the questions addressed in “Emotion Sensitivity Across the Lifespan: Mapping Clinical Risk Periods to Sensitivity to Facial Emotion Intensity,” a new paper published in the Journal of Experimental Psychology: General. The… Read More: How sensitivity to emotions changes across the lifespan »
Conditions The big 5-0 equals new challenges for your ticker: Women, menopause can hurt your heart; guys, your risk climbs sharply, starting now. Cardiologists reveal the changes happening in your body that hurt your heart. Your heart risk rises Rido/Shutterstock Heart disease is the number one killer in the United States, responsible for nearly one… Read More: 10 Ways Your Heart Changes After 50 »
Our eyes, ears and skin are responsible for different senses. Moreover, our brain assigns these senses to different regions: the visual cortex, auditory cortex and somatosensory cortex. However, it is clear that there are anatomical connections between these different cortices such that brain activation to one sense can influence brain activation to another. A new… Read More: Sound changes the way rodents sense touch »