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How our brains make the most of recalling bad memories
Irish Times: CAN NEGATIVE emotions help memory? It seems they can, under certain circumstances, according to a new study published in Psychological Science. Researchers asked students to study lists of Swahili words and their translations
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Gray Matters | Which is Better: A Glass Half-Full or Half-Empty?
Yahoo: In 1988, singer Bobby McFerrin encouraged an optimistic viewpoint in his hit song “Don’t Worry Be Happy.” Monty Python’s song “Always Look on the Bright Side of Life,” from their 1979 film Monty Python’s
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New report suggests coffee should be sold with a warning
BBC News: A new study published in the journal Personality and Individual Differences suggests that coffee should come with a health warning. Professor Simon Crowe led the team that looked into the effects of coffee
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Baltimore scientists search for cause, treatment for hoarding
Los Angeles Times: The table in Jack Samuels’ Fells Point office is piled two feet high with books, papers, scientific journals and grant applications. Samuels’ wife likes to tease him that he has a hoarding
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Depressed People Find It Hard to Stop Reliving Bad Times
MSN Health: June 7 (HealthDay News) — A new study suggests that depressed people suffer from an inability to rid themselves of negative thoughts because they can’t turn their attention to other things. “They basically
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Depressed People Find It Hard to Stop Reliving Bad Times
U.S. News & World Report: A new study suggests that depressed people suffer from an inability to rid themselves of negative thoughts because they can’t turn their attention to other things. “They basically get stuck
