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No, turkey doesn't make you sleepy – but it may bring more trust to your Thanksgiving table

  • Written by Kevin Bennett, Assistant Teaching Professor of Psychology, Pennsylvania State University
imageDon't blame the turkey for those snores coming from the living room!Shannon Jordan/Shutterstock.com

‘Tis the season for giblets, wattles and snoods – oh my. On Thanksgiving and Christmas, Americans consume about 68 million turkeys – one for about every five of us. In fact, 29 percent of all turkeys gobbled down in the U.S. are...

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