Lend A Hand, Smartypants! Smart People ARE Nicer


	Lend A Hand, Smartypants! Smart People ARE Nicer

Xeneri

2-16-2007 1:33 AM

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People with bigger brains have bigger hearts, too.

From Psychology Today Magazine
Publication Date: Jan/Feb 2007

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