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How a Book about the Future Inspired Me to Look into the Neural Underpinnings of the Past
Scientific American: I’m about to make an embarrassing (to science fiction fans) confession: until last week, I had never read Dune. I wasn’t even aware that I was supposed to have read Dune. Nor did
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The Complex Relationship between Memory and Silence
People who suffer a traumatic experience often don’t talk about it, and many forget it over time. But not talking about something doesn’t always mean you’ll forget it; if you try to force yourself not
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Why a traumatic experience could be good for you
AOL: Finding out you have a serious illness or being in an accident is not something you might associate with changing your life for the better. However a psychologist has discovered that having a traumatic
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Bad bosses: The Psycho-path to Success?
CNN: Think you suffer from a “psycho” boss? A small but growing body of global research suggests you might be right. Call it the “Psycho-path to Success.” Psychopaths — narcissists guided without conscience, who mimic
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Nurturing mums raise physically healthier adults
Zee News: Washington: Adults who had nurturing mothers in childhood have better physical health in midlife, a new study has found. Brandeis psychologist Margie Lachman with Gregory Miller and colleagues at the University of British
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Study shows how stress triggers immune system
USA Today: Shedding some light on why stress might be bad for you, a new study finds that parts of your immune system ramp up when you get into personal conflicts with others. It’s not
