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‘My Extreme Animal Phobia’ explores fears of creatures big and small
Los Angeles Times: Medical reality television has a new kid on the block: “My Extreme Animal Phobia,” in which people face their terror of four-footed and creepy-crawly creatures. Why extreme? Because when it comes to
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Il sesto senso per gli «untori»
Corriere della Sera: Secondo uno studio delle Università del Kentucky e della Florida pubblicato su Psychological Science, quando siamo convalescenti sviluppiamo una sorta di sesto senso nei confronti di chi potrebbe essere portatore di un
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Can Our Immune Systems Tell Us Who’s Sick?
Discovery News: The placebo effect relies on the mind’s ability to influence the body, but does the same work in reverse? For instance, after being sick, can the body’s immune system subconsciously tell us who’s
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How to Recognize a Psychopath
Huffington Post: Hannibal Lecter is arguably the world’s most famous psychopath. I know — he’s not real. Still, the anti-hero of “The Silence of the Lambs” embodies the chilling constellation of traits generally associated with
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The psychology of terror
WXIA: Anthony Lemieux is a professor at the Emory School of Medicine whose speciality is the psychology of terror. 11Alive News talked to him about al-Qaeda’s threat of violence to coincide with the 10th anniversary
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Sick Body, Vigilant Mind
We know that in keeping the body physically healthy, the mind both conscious and unconscious is a principle actor. Indeed, research has shown that the biological, or physiological, immune system that fights pathogens once they’ve
