Psychology Facts

Most people instinctively close their eyes while kissing, but a significant minority prefer to keep them open. Scientists believe eye closure helps the brain focus on tactile sensations by reducing visual distractions.

Las Vegas casinos don't have clocks on their main gambling floors.

Research shows that women with higher levels of education are significantly more likely to report enjoying both giving and receiving oral sex compared to those with less education.

One in three male motorists picks their nose while driving.

Monday has the highest suicide rate of any day of the week, according to a global study of 1.7 million deaths.

According to some estimates, Americans are sitting on $30 billion worth of unredeemed gift cards.

The average office worker spends 50 minutes a day looking for lost files and other items.

One of every 8 married couples in the US last year met online.

Each year, approximately 250,000 American husbands are physically attacked and beaten by their wives.

The average 21 year old has spent 5,000 hours playing video games, has exchanged 250,000 e-mails, instant and text messages and has spent 10,000 hours on the mobile phone.

Relationships that begin through 'mate poaching' - when someone pursues a person already in a relationship - show significantly lower satisfaction, commitment and trust, plus higher rates of jealousy and infidelity compared to relationships that started between single people.

According to the American Society for Microbiology, 90% of women and 75% of men wash their hands after using a public restroom.

Yawns are more contagious among people with closer relationships.

According to Harris Interactive, 70% of men and 57% of women shower daily.

If you're typical, you can guess someone's sex with 95% accuracy just by smelling their breath.

40% of people who are rejected in romantic love slip into clinical depression.

The most common time for a bank robbery is Friday, between 9 and 11 a.m. The least likely time is Wednesday, between 3 and 6 p.m.

The average IQ is designed to be exactly 100, with scores above 130 considered gifted and above 145 typically classified as genius-level.

American men are most likely to cheat at income extremes—when they're completely economically dependent on their wives, or when they significantly out-earn them.

Thrity-five percent of the people who use personal ads for dating are already married.

Boys with unpopular first names are more likely to commit juvenile crimes than boys with popular names. Researchers found a direct correlation: the less popular the name, the higher the likelihood of delinquency. Girls with unusual names don't show this pattern.

Brain scans show that people who view photos of a beloved experience activation of the caudate - a dopamine-rich part of the brain's reward system involving motivation and desire.

Men are twice as likely to be binge drinkers than women.

Obsessive nose picking is called Rhinotillexomania.