Lindsay Abrams

Lindsay Abrams is an editorial fellow with The Atlantic Health channel. Her work has also appeared in The New York Times.

Study: For Hunger, Remembering That You Ate Matters More Than Actually Having Eaten

Study: For Hunger, Remembering That You Ate Matters More Than Actually Having Eaten

People who thought they ate more felt less hungry later. More »

Study: Becoming a Parent Significantly Decreases Risk of Premature Death

Study: Becoming a Parent Significantly Decreases Risk of Premature Death

The death rate for people who never had children was up to 4 times higher than that of biological and adoptive parents. More »

How Athletic Culture Still Suppresses Concussion Research

How Athletic Culture Still Suppresses Concussion Research

A researcher's struggle to get players and leagues to cooperate in a study of traumatic brain injury More »

Study: Elderly Brains Have Trouble Recognizing Untrustworthy Faces

Study: Elderly Brains Have Trouble Recognizing Untrustworthy Faces

Why, with age, people appear to lose the gut instinct that protects us from scams and shady deals More »

Study: Nostalgia Makes Us Warm, and Cold Makes Us Nostalgic

Study: Nostalgia Makes Us Warm, and Cold Makes Us Nostalgic

Non-stop reminiscing about Decembers past may cut down your gas bill. More »

Study: Romance Trumps Friends With Benefits

Study: Romance Trumps Friends With Benefits

Those in traditional relationships are more satisfied, sexually and otherwise, and better at communicating. More »

The Case for Drinking as Much Coffee as You Like

The Case for Drinking as Much Coffee as You Like

Every reason to justify it More »

Study: Journaling After a Breakup Only Makes Things Worse

Study: Journaling After a Breakup Only Makes Things Worse

Divorcees encouraged to express themselves through writing had a harder time moving on. More »

Study: Exercising With Physically Superior Partners Makes You Better—Even if They Aren't Real

Study: Exercising With Physically Superior Partners Makes You Better—Even if They Aren't Real

A great way to get people to work out more is to make them feel inadequate. More »

Study: Our Oceans Are So Acidic They're Dissolving Snails

Study: Our Oceans Are So Acidic They're Dissolving Snails

Consequences attributed to our reliance on fossil fuels occurring in the Antarctic Ocean More »

Study: Countries That Use More High Fructose Corn Syrup Have More Diabetes

Study: Countries That Use More High Fructose Corn Syrup Have More Diabetes

The 20 percent increase in type 2 diabetes is independent of total sugar consumption and obesity. More »

The 'Wide Open and Unregulated' Marketing of Vaginal Cosmetic Surgery

The 'Wide Open and Unregulated' Marketing of Vaginal Cosmetic Surgery

Women seeking a "designer vagina" are increasingly misled and misinformed. More »

Study: Biking Restores Brain Connectivity in Parkinson's

Study: Biking Restores Brain Connectivity in Parkinson's

Patients pushed the hardest showed the most improvement. More »

Yawning Fetuses Are Already Over It

Yawning Fetuses Are Already Over It

New evidence that they're not just opening their mouths really wide More »

Study: 'The Obesity Gene' Protects Against Depression

Study: 'The Obesity Gene' Protects Against Depression

We should be able to be both obese and happy. So why are the two conditions so often linked? More »

Study: People Drunk on Arrival to the E.R. Have a Higher Survival Rate

Study: People Drunk on Arrival to the E.R. Have a Higher Survival Rate

In-hospital mortality from traumatic injuries decreased with higher blood alcohol content. More »

The Neuroanatomy of Freestyle Rap

The Neuroanatomy of Freestyle Rap

Mapping the fugue state that allows rappers to freestyle, jazz musicians to improvise, and artists turn off their self-edit More »

Study: A Gene Predicts What Time of Day You Will Die

Study: A Gene Predicts What Time of Day You Will Die

As well as less creepy things, like when you wake up in the morning More »

Study: Oxytocin ('the Love Hormone') Makes Men in Relationships Want to Stay Away From Other Women

Study: Oxytocin ('the Love Hormone') Makes Men in Relationships Want to Stay Away From Other Women

And it apparently comes in a nasal spray. More »

Why Women Are Too Tall and Men Are Too Short

Why Women Are Too Tall and Men Are Too Short

A genetic gender war is keeping humans from achieving their ideal heights. More »

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