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- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Psychological stress increases the risk of stroke.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Birds are unintelligent animals with limited cognitive abilities.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Hiroshima and Nagasaki were rebuilt after the 1945 atomic bombings and have been continuously inhabited since.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Browsing in incognito mode makes a computer more likely to get a virus.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Habitual knuckle cracking causes carpal tunnel syndrome.?
- CONTESTED PARTIALIs it true that The phase of the Moon affects human behavior, including fertility and crime rates.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Heavy homework loads are associated with higher stress and anxiety in high school students.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that The order in which beer and liquor are consumed affects how severe a hangover is.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Spanking children increases their aggression and behavior problems.?
- CONTESTED PARTIALIs it true that People with autism typically have above-average IQ.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Fewer than half of published psychology studies replicated successfully in the 2015 Open Science Collaboration project.?
- CONTESTED PARTIALIs it true that Taking notes on laptops produces worse memory of lectures than handwriting.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Ashwagandha supplementation reduces stress in adults.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Learning a second language improves cognitive function in adults.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that The memory palace technique improves recall performance compared with ordinary study methods.?
- CONTESTED PARTIALIs it true that Listening to Mozart improves cognitive function in listeners.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Incognito mode in a web browser prevents websites from showing you targeted ads.?
- CONTESTED PARTIALIs it true that Habitual knuckle cracking causes joint damage.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Chronic stress increases the risk of developing depression.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that The American Psychological Association first published its style guidelines in 1929 in a Psychological Bulletin article.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Social pressure influences individual behavior.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Pure solids and pure liquids are excluded from the expression for the equilibrium constant.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Childless women often experience anxiety, stress, depression, social labelling, and loss of social recognition.?
- CONTESTED PARTIALIs it true that The Pomodoro technique of 25-minute work intervals improves students' concentration.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that The Pomodoro technique reduces procrastination in students.?
- CONTESTED PARTIALIs it true that Studying with friends improves memory retention compared with studying alone.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Obsessive-compulsive disorder causes memory impairment in people who have the condition.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Liquid nitrogen cryotherapy is an effective way to remove moles.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Patients who have been critically ill for a period often experience significant cognitive disability that may remain undetected without specific screening.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that The term Middle Ages was coined by Renaissance humanists to describe the period between antiquity and their own era.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Liquid nitrogen freezes water on contact.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Smartphone facial recognition uses infrared depth sensing to map faces.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Artificial light at night disrupts the foraging and commuting behaviour of bats.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Methane becomes a liquid below about minus 161 degrees Celsius at atmospheric pressure.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Incognito mode does not hide browsing activity from websites, employers, or internet service providers.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Deforestation reduces biodiversity in tropical forests by destroying habitat.?
- CONTESTED PARTIALIs it true that Habitually cracking your knuckles for years causes trigger finger in the hands.?
- CONTESTED PARTIALIs it true that Severe psychological trauma accelerates biological aging, as measured by telomere length and epigenetic clocks.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Multitasking while studying improves memory retention in students.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Human memories are reconstructed each time they are recalled, and a person's confidence in a memory is only weakly related to its accuracy.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Cognitive behavioral therapy improves insomnia symptoms in adults.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Venus once had liquid water on its surface.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Incognito mode prevents websites and internet service providers from seeing a user's browsing activity.?
- CONTESTED PARTIALIs it true that A study published in 2026 found that affective generative AI use is associated with psychological distress in children and teenagers.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that A new study found that maladaptive daydreaming is associated with social media addiction and compulsive sexual behavior.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Daycare attendance in early childhood improves children's cognitive and academic outcomes.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Magnetic core memory stores each bit of data by magnetizing a small ferrite ring in one of two directions.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Scientists have trialled underwater shade structures over coral reefs to reduce heat stress, and early results show a protective effect on the corals.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that The Baader-Meinhof phenomenon is a real psychological effect.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Habitat loss alone can cause extinction.?
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