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Study Shows Facebook is an Animal Instinct

Study Shows Facebook is an Animal Instinct | Science News | Scoop.it
Research from the University of Aberdeen’s School of Biological Sciences suggests the way we talk or share links on social networks mirrors the way animal groups, like dolphins, share information.
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Seeing others smoke encourages young people to smoke more

Seeing others smoke encourages young people to smoke more | Science News | Scoop.it
Young people who smoke each day light up more cigarettes if they see other young smokers. Anti-smoking campaigns wrongly ignore this implicit effect, says Dutch researcher Zeena Harakeh.
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People Mimic Each Other, But We Aren’t Chameleons

It’s easy to pick up on the movements that other people make—scratching your head, crossing your legs. But a new study published in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science, finds that people only feel the urge to mimic each other when they have the same goal.

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