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R. Chris Fraley and Amanda Vicary, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Caption: University of Illinois psychology professor R. Chris Fraley and graduate student Amanda Vicary found that women, but not men, overwhelmingly choose to read true crime stories over true stories of war or gang violence.

Credit: Photo by L. Brian Stauffer, U. of I. News Bureau.

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