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New Research on the Antidepressant-Versus-Placebo Debate
TIME: In the 1990s, everyone was “Listening to Prozac,” after bestselling author Peter Kramer described sparkling personality transformations in patients who took the titular antidepressant drug. Then came the backlash: by the early 2000s, studies showed
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Science’s “most beautiful theories”
Reuters: From Darwinian evolution to the idea that personality is largely shaped by chance, the favorite theories of the world’s most eminent thinkers are as eclectic as science itself. Every January, John Brockman, the impresario
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For Mental Health Boost: Take Charge Of Your Personal Story
WBUR Radio: I have a friend who, from my perspective, has a great life: fabulous job, cool wife, close family. Still, this guy sees himself as perpetually at the mercy of life’s twists and turns.
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Do we bounce back quickest when life hurts us the most?
Business Insider: Do we bounce back quickest when life hurts us the most? Yes. Often we bounce back from painful events more quickly than we would guess: Intense hedonic states trigger psychological processes that are
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Healing After My Second Awake Brain Tumor Surgery
Huffington Post: The anesthesiologist grabbed my hand as I woke up in the room. As I embraced her touch, my head was locked into metal equipment even when I could move other parts of my
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Les puissants se voient plus grands qu’ils ne sont
Le Monde: En avril 2010, la destruction de la plate-forme pétrolière de BP, Deepwater Horizon, provoque la plus importante marée noire jamais enregistrée aux Etats-Unis. Quelques semaines plus tard, le président de BP fait scandale
