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🗓️ 1 September 2014
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0:00.0 | Understanding the human body is a team effort. That's where the Yachtel group comes in. |
0:05.8 | Researchers at Yachtolt have been delving into the secrets of probiotics for 90 years. |
0:11.0 | Yacold also partners with nature portfolio to advance gut microbiome science through the global grants for gut health, an investigator-led research program. |
0:19.6 | To learn more about Yachtolt, visit yawcult.co. |
0:22.7 | .jp. That's Y-A-K-U-L-T.C-O.J-P. When it comes to a guide for your gut, count on Yacult. |
0:33.7 | This is Scientific Americans' 60-second science. I'm Erica Barris. Got a minute? |
0:40.6 | Here's an easy way to find out if someone is a narcissist. Just ask them. |
0:45.1 | That's according to a study in the journal Plus One. |
0:48.4 | Researchers pose the following question to more than 2,000 people. |
0:52.3 | To what extent do you agree with this statement? I am a narcissist. |
0:56.0 | The researchers also provided participants with a definition of narcissist, egotistical, self-focused, and vain. |
1:04.0 | Not traits most people would want to be associated with, unless of course you're a narcissist. |
1:10.0 | A small percentage of the study subjects said they were. |
1:13.3 | Most said they were not. Then researchers had the volunteers fill out a lengthy narcissism |
1:18.6 | clinical assessment. Those who had rated themselves high on the narcissism scale also scored high |
1:24.3 | on the assessment. After 11 rounds of tests, the researchers concluded |
1:28.9 | that when the full 40-question clinical questionnaire |
1:31.7 | could not be done, the single item narcissism scale, |
1:34.8 | or sins, to what extent do you agree with the statement, |
1:37.9 | I am a narcissist, was a valuable tool. |
1:40.7 | Seems that there isn't much mystery |
1:42.1 | when narcissists themselves are asked to self-identify. |
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