{"id":228,"date":"2011-10-14T16:28:00","date_gmt":"2011-10-14T16:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/booksyalove.com\/?p=228"},"modified":"2011-10-14T16:28:00","modified_gmt":"2011-10-14T16:28:00","slug":"you-just-cant-help-it-nonfiction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/?p=228","title":{"rendered":"You Just Can’t Help It! (nonfiction)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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From the “oohh!” to the “ewww!!!” on Fun Friday, we’re taking an off-beat (but very well-researched) look at curious and confusing aspects of human behavior.<\/p>\n

If you’ve ever wondered whether birth order<\/a> really makes a difference in how people behave as adults or how colors affect our moods<\/a>, you’ll love perusing this lively book from Canadian author Szpirglas, whose previous titles include Gross Universe<\/i> (more ewww) and They Did What?!<\/i> (more oohh).<\/p>\n

You’ll understand yourself, your friends, and your family better after learning that You Just Can’t Help It<\/i>, plus some fun animal behavior facts and unusual scientific research studies, too.<\/p>\n

**kmm<\/p>\n

Book info<\/b>: You Just Can’t Help It! Your Guide to the Wild and Wacky World of Human Behavior \/ Jeff Szpirglas; illustrated by Josh Holinaty. Maple Tree Press, 2011. [author’s info<\/a>] [publisher’s site<\/a>]<\/p>\n

Recommendation<\/b>: Ingredients of human tears? Ten million shades of color? Birth order and cattle egrets? Dive into the world of senses, emotions, communication, and human interaction.<\/p>\n

Human behavior can be accurately predicted in some areas \u2013 body language of liars, organization of army ants, gesturing while talking \u2013 while it\u2019s variable in others \u2013 most annoying sound or what makes someone laugh.<\/p>\n

Find answers to puzzlers like \u201cwhy can\u2019t you tickle yourself?\u201d and \u201cwhy do stores play music?\u201d while you learn about your senses. Learn how to detect fake happiness and true fear, as well as the one hand gesture that means the same thing in almost every culture (and it\u2019s not the one you\u2019d expect).<\/p>\n

What facial muscle helps your nose avoid stinky stuff? Why do we use \u201cum\u201d and \u201cuh\u201d and \u201clike\u201d when we speak? Why do crowded elevators make us nervous? And what about that whole birth order thing, anyway?<\/p>\n

Canadian author Szpirglas helps you understand more about why you, your friends, your pets, and other creatures act the way that they do with this funny and factual book of wacky information and cool experiments. (One of 5,000 books recommended on www.abookandahug.com<\/a>) Review copy courtesy of the publisher.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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