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Is a desire for a certain food related to the nutritional need for that food?
Adding to the current answers, there can be many reasons for food cravings and avoidance.
Orloff & Hormes (2014) points out that the main hypotheses discussed in research receive little support, ...
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Is there a theoretical maximum for IQ?
IQ is a human constructed / defined concept in which a person answers various questions under a time limit and they are given a number derived from the way they answered the questions.
If we take some ...
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How does understanding happen
I assume comprehension is or at least has some overlap with what you are looking for. There is a field called discourse psychology, where comprehension is a big thing. There are many types of ...
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