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Make sure you pay attention to every last detail before meeting a potential partner for the first time. Photo: AFP
While real-world first dates have become increasingly rare since the pandemic hit, that doesn t necessarily mean people have given up on looking for love.
So, to stack all the odds in your favor, make sure you pay attention to every last detail before meeting a potential partner for the first time. In fact, a new study from researchers in Canada suggests that, on a first date, our first impressions are usually right.
Researchers at McGill University in Montreal set out to study whether the first impressions made, interpreted, and sometimes even dismissed, on first dates could accurately assess a prospective partner s personality.
Tara Moore
Mentally challenging tasks may offer several health benefits, such as helping to maintain a healthy brain, but if given the choice, some people prefer holding a scalding hot object against their skin.
This according to the findings of a new study published in
eLife, where participants could choose between subjecting themselves to uncomfortable thermal pain or completing a memory task. Cognitive effort is described as aversive, and people will generally avoid it when possible, wrote the authors. Study lead author Todd Vogel, a doctoral student in the Department of Psychology at McGill University in Montreal, Canada also told