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Here are my Research Blogging Editor's Selections for this week:
What should you talk about on your first date if you want a second? Not films, apparently. Find some answers at the B Good Science Blog.
There is a period between "clinical death" and "brain death" called the "gap period," during which a person may not be breathing or have a pulse -- but still has (diminishing) neurological function. It is during this time that they might have what is called a "near death experience." Learn about it at The Genealogy of Religion blog.
There's good research on how teenagers perform on their homework. Over at BPS Research Digest, find out how they feel about their homework.