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A brain scan can reveal which people you're friends with

30 January 2018

Friends have more similar brain activity than people who don't know each other, particularly in regions involved in attention, emotion and language

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Six-year-olds will pay to see bad guys get their comeuppance

18 December 2017

Children as young as 6 have a thirst for vengeance. From this age, kids will willingly give up prized possessions to see a mean puppet get beaten up

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