Hi, we've got three stories from Curiosity.com to help you get smarter in just a few minutes.

I'm Cody Gough, and I'm Ashley Hamer.

Today you'll learn about some benefits of living abroad, whether it's good or bad to let your dog sleep in bed with you and how migraines might be a

side effect of a helpful genetic adaptation would satisfy some curiosity.

Have you ever lived abroad?

No, I actually have him just have not traveled very much at all. It's kind of embarrassing.

Really? Yeah. You're so worldly though. Well, why thank you, but it's all an act.

Well, I've never lived abroad for an extended period of time either which is a huge

regret of mine actually and I regret it even more after what we wrote about

today on Curiosity. We're going to cover research that says living abroad isn't just a great way to learn about

the world but it's a great way to learn about yourself too. Now researchers

talked to people who had studied abroad and people who hadn't and they found that

people who had studied abroad had much more certainty about their personality,

self-concept, career path, and general shape of their future.

And the amount of time you spent living abroad had more of an impact than the number of countries you've lived in.

Other studies have shown that the longer people live abroad the more creative they become,

and another study from 2012 found that people were better creative thinkers, even if they just had plans to live

abroad in the near future. The science is clear if you want to center your identity and

free your mind, travel is the thing to do. You can read more about the science behind all this today on

curiosity.com and on the curiosity app for Android and iOS.

Cody do you ever get migrain? I don't think so I've gotten the headaches.

Like how do you know if it's just a headache or if it's a

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