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Magurie et al. 2007 

The aim of the study was to see the correlation between driving a taxi in London and brain mass.  

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Draganski 2004 

The aim of the study was to see the relationship between learning new skills and increased brain density. 

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Rogers & Kenser 2003 

aimed to asses the effects of scopolamine on the creation of memories.

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McGaugh and Cahill 1995 

Aim: study the role of adrenialine and the amigdala on emotional memory 

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Albert et al. 1986 

Aim: to determine the relationship between testosterone and aggression.

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Clarke & Hetfield 1978 & 1982 

Aim: to determine the differences in choosiness of a sexual partner between men and women. 

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McGuffin et al. 1996  

Aim- to estimate the effect of genes on major depressive disorder or the likelihood of suffering from it. 

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Weissman et al. 2005 

Aim – to study the potentially hereditary nature of depressive disorder. 

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Brunner et al. 1993 

Aims: to look at the behavior of males in a large family in the Netherlands. 

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Caspi at al 2003 

Aims: To see if a functional change in the 5HTT chromosome is linked to a higher of lower risk of depression. 

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Caspi et al 2002 

Aims: to investigate why some maltreated children grow up to be anti-social while others do not by looking at their genes. 

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Antonova et al. 

Aim: The aim of the study was to test the relationship between acetylcholine and memory function in humans. 

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Singh 1993 

Aim: to asses males physical attraction to women 

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Dixon 2016 

Aim: to critically asses Singh's claim that men find a low waist to hip ratio attractive. 

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Zohu et al. (2014) 

Aim: to investigate wether andorostadienone plays a role in human sexual behavior. 

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Waran & Tod  

Aim: To investigate the effect of dog appeasing pheromone (DAP) on dogs in a shelter. 

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