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Inside “60 Minutes” placebo story
CBS News: Some new scientific research is causing quite a stir in the medical community. The fight is over antidepressants, and whether they work any better than a simple placebo. In an report airing this
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Facets of Mindfulness as Predictors of Gratitude
In case you missed it, the cameras were rolling at the APS 23rd Annual Convention in Washington, DC. Watch Tony Ahrens from American University present his poster session research on “Facets of Mindfulness as
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Fragmented sleep, fragmented personality?
Los Angeles Times: Maybe Sybil just needed a good night’s sleep. Multiple personality disorder is a rare and extreme form of what psychiatrists call “dissociative disorder,” and it was popularized by the publication in the
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The Therapist May See You Anytime, Anywhere
The New York Times: The very idea of psychotherapy seems to defy the instant-access, video screen chatter of popular digital culture. Not for long, if some scientists have their way. In the past few years
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Should Sugar Be Regulated like Alcohol and Tobacco?
TIME: Sugar poses enough health risks that it should be considered a controlled substance just like alcohol and tobacco, contend a team of researchers from the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). In an opinion
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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