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Authors: Richard Wiseman

 
Last names.
See
Surnames
 
Last Supper and thirteen
 
Last Tango in Paris
(movie)
 
Laugh tracks
 
LaughLab
 
Laughter.
See also
Humor; Jokes
 
health benefits of
 
and “K” words
 
laughter plague in Tanzania
 
Plato not a fan of
 
and religious fundamentalism
 
“Law of contagion”
 
Law of large numbers
 
Leacock, Stephen
 
Leaflets, sharing information via
 
Legal proceedings and facial stereotyping
 
Lehman, J. Arthur
 
Leigh, Vivien
 
Leno, Jay
 
Leo (astrological sign)
 
Leonardo da Vinci
 
Letterman, David
 
Letters, studies concerning forwarding or mailing of,
 
 
 
Lével, Leon
 
Levin, Mark
 
Levine, Robert
 
Liberal as a trait of Democrats
 
Liberal churches, helpfulness of
 
Libra (astrological sign)
 
Life decisions, surname effecting
 
Life expectancy.
See also
Longevity; Mortality
 
and a person’s initials
 
Light-pull, special powers of
 
Lights, impact on biological clock
 
Lilongwe (Malawi), level of helpfulness in
 
Lim, Megan
 
Lincoln, Abraham
 
Listening vs. looking to detect lies
 
Littlepage, Glenn
 
Livingstone, Margaret
 
Lodge, Oliver
 
Loftus, Elizabeth
 
London, pace of life in
 
London Entertains
(TV show)
 
London Zoo
 
Longevity
 
Lonides, Basil
 
“Looking up to” someone
 
Looking vs. listening to detect lies
 
Lord, Richard
 
Los Alamos, New Mexico
 
Los Angeles
 
Lost letter test
 
Lotteries, choosing lucky numbers
 
Love at first sight
 
“Love is blind”
 
Low-frequency sound waves
 
Lucky
 
ambient temperature and lucky people
 
choosing lucky numbers in lotteries
 
luck and “pass the parcel” studies
 
lucky day in Japan
 
lucky numbers
 
lucky people and birth date
 
optimism and
 
Thirteen Club (in New York)
 
Luke 6:21
 
“Lunacy” (Danzl)
 
Lying.
See also
Deception; Fake smiles
 
gorillas using sign language to lie
 
listening vs. looking to detect lies
 
parents lying about child’s birthday
 
ways to detect lies
 
MacFarlane Burnet Institute for Medical Research (Melbourne)
 
“Mad Monk of Russia”
 
Mademoiselle
(magazine)
 
Madonna (singer)
 
Magic Circle (magic club)
 
Magic tricks
 
Magicians as honest deceivers
 
Maio, Gregory
 
Malinowski, Bronislaw
 
Marksmanship, improving with subliminal messages
 
Marriage, surname effecting choice of partner
 
“Mars Effect”
 
Martel, Leslie
 
Marx Brothers
 
Mason, Jackie
 
Massachusetts General Hospital
 
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
 
Mass-murderers
 
horoscopes of
 
wearing sweater of
 
Mayo, Jeff
 
Mayo School of Astrology
 
McKinley, William
 
Me, focus in personal ads
 
Mechanism of Human Facial Expression, The
(Duchenne de Boulogne)
 
Media, impact of violence in
 
Medical Center
(TV show)
 
Medical Research Associates
 
Mediums and séances
 
Mehinaku tribe
 
Memories, malleability of
 
Memory loss, jokes about
 
Memphis, Tennessee (level of helpfulness in)
 
Men.
See
Gender differences
 
Mendelssohn, Felix
 
Mexico, pace of life in
 
Michael (gorilla)
 
“Midas Touch: The Effects of Interpersonal Touch on Restaurant Tipping, The” (Crusco)
 
Milgram, Stanley
 
Miller, Michael
 
Milligan, Sile
 
Milligan, Spike
 
“mind over matter”
 
Mission Impossible
(TV show)
 
Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood
(TV show)
 
Mona Lisa
(Leonardo da Vinci)
 
Mondeville, Henri de
 
Monet, Claude
 
“Monogrammic Determinism?” (Morrison and Smith)
 
Monroe, James
 
Monroe, Marilyn
 
Month of birth.
See also
Birth dates
 
and sensation seekers
 
tax benefits of December birth
 
Monty Python’s Flying Circus
(TV show)
 
Moral decline in society
 
Morris, Maxine
 
Morrison, Stilian
 
Mortality.
See also
Death; Life expectancy; Longevity
 
Movies.
See
Hollywood movies
 
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus
 
MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit
 
Mulroney, Brian
 
Murder and boxing matches
 
Murphy, Patricia
 
Muscles and smiling
 
Music effecting wine purchases
 
MythBusters
(TV show)
 
 
 
Naked Gun
(movie)
 
Name of the Rose, The
(Eco)
 
Names
 
and careers
 
first names
 
initials
 
surnames
 
NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration)
 
Nashville, Tennessee (level of helpfulness in)
 
National Association of Broadcasters
 
National differences in humor
 
National lotteries, choosing lucky numbers
 
National Physical Laboratory
 
Natural disasters and low-frequency sound waves
 
Näyhä, Simo
 
Nazi Party, Friends of
 
Negative astrological signs
 
Neuroticism, characteristics of
 
New age, study on belief in
 
New Scientist
(magazine)
 
New Year’s Day, people born around
 
New York City
 
helpfulness in
 
pace of life in
 
treatment of abandoned used car
 
New York Post
(newspaper)
 
New York Times Magazine
 
New Yorker
(magazine)
 
New Zealand
 
New Zealand Science Festival
 
Newsweek
(magazine)
 
Nicolay, Robert
 
Nielsen, Leslie
 
Nixon, Richard M.
 
“Nixon effect”
 
Northern Hemisphere study of luck
 
Numbers, law of large
 
Numbers, lucky
 
seven
 
thirteen
 
Numbers, unlucky
 
four
 
thirteen
 
Nuns, psychological study of
 
Nurses, psychological study of
 
Nyman, Andy
 
 
 
Oakland Athletics
 
Obedience to Authority
(Milgram)
 
“Obedience to Authority with an Authentic Victim” (Sheridan and King)
 
Occupations
 
impact of height and choice of
 
surnames effecting choice of
 
Ocean’s Eleven
(movie)
 
Odd numbers, choosing
 
O’Keeffe, Ciarán
 
Ola (chimpanzee)
 
Open-mindedness and caring as traits of Democrats
 
Optimism
 
Orbicularis oculi muscle
 
Organ pipes and low-frequency sounds
 
Oshichi, Yaoya
 
Out of This World
(TV program)
 
“Outrageous Okona, The” (
Star Trek: The Next Generation
episode)
 
Overpayments, people’s reactions to
 
Owen, Adrian
 

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