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Unsettled scores: Has the black-white IQ gap narrowed?

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The influence of education, health, genetic and other environmental factors on the differences found in the intelligence quotient (IQ) of the African-Americans and Americans are discussed. Many researchers believe that the genetic differences by race are not very important as genes interact with the environment and hence the gap in IQ would remain under any environmental influence.

Analysis, Genetic aspects, Comparative analysis, Whites, Intelligence (Psychology), Blacks, Intellect, Intelligence levels

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Reaching in the dark: How babies learn that unseen toys don't just vanish

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A report reveals some evidence revealing that infants gradually develop stronger representations of objects through experience and that some tasks require stronger mental representations. The researchers conclude that becoming familiar with a toy strengthened the babies' mental representations of it enough to search for it.

Infants, Infant development, Mental representation, Memory in infants, Infant memory, Mental representations

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The science of lasting happiness

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Sonja Lyubomirsky, an experimental psychologist investigates the possibility of lasting happiness by studying normal people in real world and learning from their experiences. She feels that staying happy is hard work and perception of happiness changes from people to people.

Happiness, Emotional maturity, Psychology, Experimental, Experimental psychology

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