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Natural childbirth makes mothers more responsive to own baby-cry view story
1 vote- Submitted by GroupAdmin
- 1 day ago
- (http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_rel...)
- Became popular about 8 hours ago
A new study has found that mothers who delivered vaginally compared to caesarean section delivery were significantly more responsive to the cry of their own baby, identified through MRI brain scans two to four weeks after delivery.
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Intelligent Hallucinations & Other Masterpieces Of Misdirection... view photo
1 vote- Submitted by VioletPlanet
- about 12 hours ago
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- Became popular about 12 hours ago
"Our picture of the world is kind of a virtual reality," says Ronald A. Rensink, a professor of computer science and psychology at the University of British Columbia. "It's a form of intelligent hallucination."
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Five Tips For A Healthy Brain view story
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- 1 day ago
- (http://featuresblogs.chicagotribu...)
- Became popular about 22 hours ago
Fortunately, until brain cells actually perish, we can stage an intervention. Although brain-training software is a booming industry, here are five other—and in most cases better—ways to properly care for this delicate and powerful organ.
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Musical taste "defines personality" view story
1 vote- Submitted by GroupAdmin
- 2 days ago
- (http://www.reuters.com/article/li...)
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"Fans of classical music and jazz are creative, pop lovers are hardworking and, despite the stereotypes, heavy metal listeners are gentle, creative types who are at ease with themselves." Ok, I kind of doubt the heavy metal classification.
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How grandma was put into a psychiatric ward because of a summer skier | Encefalus view story
2 votes- Submitted by encefalus
- 2 days ago
- (http://encefalus.com/general/gran...)
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The greek newspaper To Vima publishes once a week, a magazine along with the newspaper called vimagazino. I was reading the other day and I found a very funny article which shows how utterly stupid sometimes psychiatrists can be.
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Seed: Steven Pinker on Swearing and Violence view story
2 votes- Submitted by encefalus
- 2 days ago
- (http://www.seedmagazine.com/news/...)
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My new book, The Stuff of Thought, has a chapter on swearing. In my next book I will discuss historic declines in violence. To my surprise, the two topics may be connected.
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Zen Training Clears Brain - Psych Central News view story
2 votes- Submitted by GroupAdmin
- 2 days ago
- (http://psychcentral.com/news/2008...)
- Became popular 1 day ago
A new brain imaging study supports the notion that Zen training helps to clear the brain.
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So Much Misery, So Little Time... view story
1 vote- Submitted by VioletPlanet
- 2 days ago
- (http://www.salon.com/books/review...)
- Became popular 2 days ago
Peter Trachtenberg took a tour around the world in his quest to understand why some people are crushed by suffering and others are transformed by it.
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Psychologists and torture - The Boston Globe view story
1 vote- Submitted by VioletPlanet
- 2 days ago
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FROM THE moment US military and civilian officials began detaining and interrogating Guantanamo Bay prisoners with methods that the Red Cross has called tantamount to torture, they have had the assistance of psychologists. This has been a source of anguis
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Brain Cells Observed Summoning a Memory view story
1 vote- Submitted by GroupAdmin
- 2 days ago
- (http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/05...)
- Became popular 2 days ago
Scientists have for the first time recorded individual brain cells in the act of summoning a spontaneous memory, revealing not only where a remembered experience is registered but also, in part, how the brain is able to recreate it.


