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The Despondent Mind: Are Our Brains Wired for Doom and Gloom?
If it seems the state of the world is on an endless downward trajectory these days, take heart. Things might not be quite as bad as you think. New research, published on June 29 in Visit Page
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Hungry, Hungry Hippocampus: Why and How We Eat
Anyone who’s tried (and failed) to follow a diet knows that food is more than fuel. The reasons we eat are even embedded in our language. When we’re in an unfamiliar place, we yearn for Visit Page
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How Income Affects the Brain
We often attribute financial problems to bad life decisions: Why didn’t that person stay in college? Why didn’t they pick a more lucrative career? Why did they have so many kids? But several recent studies Visit Page
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How Useful Is Fear?
Franklin D. Roosevelt no doubt meant to be soothing when he insisted, “The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.” A quick and terrifying tour through the academic literature on fear, though, reveals Visit Page
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How Neuroscience Can Help Us Treat Trafficked Youth
The abuse began when Oree Freeman was eight years old. Her biological mother had given birth while in prison, so Freeman was adopted as an infant. But any trust or stability she’d learned during her Visit Page
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Lisa Feldman Barrett: Can We Really Tell How Other People Are Feeling?
Identifying basic emotions in others — like fear, sadness or anger — seems instinctive, but psychologist Lisa Feldman Barrett says we’re doing more guesswork than we think. Lisa Feldman Barrett is Professor of Psychology at Visit Page
