Shakespeare’s Lady Macbeth could never wash away the guilt of murder from her hands, but research has shown that the simple act of hand washing–or even using a wipe–can in fact help people clean their conscience of dirty deeds . A new study, published online May 6 in Science , reveals the power of hand washing to ease people’s minds about even mundane decisions . [More]
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