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• The Effects of Music on the Human Psyche: From Empathy to Hostility to Sleep Deprivation

  
  The Blogs at HowStuffWorks Stuff You Should Know — Authority: 120
  Music has a real effect on us. Why, Im listening to music right now (Devo at the moment) and itll probably help shape this post. Case in point: Theres a new study out in the journal Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin that covers how songs with prosocial lyrics have a prosocial impact on its listeners. Take, ...
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• Long and short-term memory theory challenged

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 715
  Washington, November 10 (ANI): A new study has challenged the long-held theory of human brain using different mechanisms for forming long-term and short-term memories.Neuroscientists from UCL assessed patients with amnesia for the research.In cases of amnesia, patients are unable to form long-lasting memories due to ...
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• Eavesdropping Is What Guests Do Best…

  
  Guest of a Guest - NYC People, Places, Parties & Nightlife — Authority: 683
  Is Tom Cruise buying up property for the advancement of Scientology ? [ Gawker ] It only took 800 years, but Cambridge University finally got some cheerleaders . [ DailyNews ] After getting fired from Melrose Place, Ashlee Simpson-Wentz decides to try Broadway. [ People ] Man faked (and filmed) his ...
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• Why people love horror movies (re-issue)

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 715
  Washington, Nov 8 (ANI): The success of horror films like ‘Paranormal Activity’ and the classic ‘Exorcist’ has left many scientists wonder why people love the spooky genre so much.Experts have said that it’s not merely an attraction to blood and gore that people money to get scared. Researchers have said ...
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• How long are the effects of weed and alcohol on the brain?

  
  http://diddy.name — Authority: 165
  Well im currently writing a essay on the effects of alcohol and weed on the human brain when both are consumed in one night and the subject is 100% Drunk and Stoned and is 15 years of age. I would also like to know how long the effects last for? All answers will be taken into account and help me for my year 11 final ...
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• Boost Your Memory

  
  Newsvine - Calvin Tang's Column - Articles and Seeds — Authority: 119
  Lots of us have trouble remembering the name of the person we just met.
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• Positive Psychology and Optimal Human Functioning - A Complementary Telecourse 11/18/09 at 6 pm PST

  
  Shrunken Mind w/Dr. John Schinnerer - Using Positive Psychology to Master Life — Authority: 126
  Guide To Self with Dr. John SchinnererOptimal Human Functioning Via Positive Psychology925-575-0258John@GuideToSelf.com Dear Friends:I have been invited to conduct a training class at a speaking platform like no other and wanted to invite you to listen. The class is complimentary and you can listen to as many classes ...
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• Old Beliefs About Depression Toppled in New Northwestern Study - Depression Largely Unrelated To Stress

  
  Shrunken Mind w/Dr. John Schinnerer - Using Positive Psychology to Master Life — Authority: 126
  From ScienceDaily (Oct. 27, 2009) — More than half the people who take antidepressants for depression never get relief.Why? Because the cause of depression has been oversimplified and drugs designed to treat it aim at the wrong target, according to new research from the Northwestern University Feinberg School of ...
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• Depression Gene More Likely To Express Itself In Western Culture Than In the East

  
  Shrunken Mind w/Dr. John Schinnerer - Using Positive Psychology to Master Life — Authority: 126
  NonWestern communal cultures keep biology from having its way with depressionFrom EurekaAlert.org…EVANSTON, Ill. — A genetic tendency to depression is much less likely to be realized in a culture centered on collectivistic rather than individualistic values, according to a new Northwestern University study.In ...
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• Is Bisphenol A (BPA) really, really harmful?

  
  Trends Updates — Authority: 611
  Bisphenol A (BPA) is practically everywhere: in CDs, many food and soda containers, bottled water containers, baby bottles, as well as many plastics. It has become ubiquitous that most people have already taken its existence for granted. Harvard School of Public Health researchers have recently confirmed that ...
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• Music enhances brain’s ability to recognise sounds

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 715
  Washington, Oct 25 (ANI): Listening to music can significantly enhance human brain’s ability to distinguish between various sounds, say researchers.While analysing brain’s electrical and magnetic signals, lead researcher Laurel Trainor, from McMaster University in West Hamilton, Ontario found that those with some ...
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• Football and Brain Damage - Should You Let Your Child Play Football?

  
  Shrunken Mind w/Dr. John Schinnerer - Using Positive Psychology to Master Life — Authority: 126
  I am an avid football fan and have been since I was six years old. I grew up down the street from Gene Upshaw, Hall of Fame offensive lineman for the Oakland Raiders, and Head of the Player’s Union for years. I love football. That said, my 12-year-old son and I have an [...]
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• Brain can be trained to improve visual perception

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 715
  Washington, Oct 22 (ANI): A new study has revealed that our brains can be trained to consciously see stimuli that would normally be invisible.Study’s lead author Caspar Schwiedrzik from the Max Planck Institute for Brain Research in Germany said the brain is an organ that continuously adapts to its environment and ...
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• Eyes may help predict Alzheimer’s risk

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 715
  Washington, Oct 22 (ANI): A new study has shown that eyes could prove to be a potential gateway to identify whether or not a person has Alzheimer’s disease.Researchers from University of California, Irvine have found that retinas in mice genetically altered to have Alzheimer’s undergo changes similar to those that ...
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• Leadership – Congruence

  
  Young Millionaire Group — Authority: 108
  In an earlier post I talk about Chaos and what creates Dissonance in your life.  I will let that post stand on its own.  For this discussion I need your full attention as we are going to approach congruence from a positive standpoint.  The human brain likes the negative tilt.  But, today we are talking [...]
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• Many Cell Phone Users Don’t See What’s Right In Front Of Them - A Unicycling Clown Passing Them

  
  Shrunken Mind w/Dr. John Schinnerer - Using Positive Psychology to Master Life — Authority: 126
  From ScienceDaily (Oct. 20, 2009) — Everyone tends to float off into space once in a while and fail to see what is sitting there right in front of them. Recently researchers decided to put the theory of “inattentional blindness” to the test: the unicycling clown test. They documented real-world examples of ...
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• Improve Your Brain After A Mere Week of Internet Use - New UCLA Study

  
  Shrunken Mind w/Dr. John Schinnerer - Using Positive Psychology to Master Life — Authority: 126
  ScienceDaily (Oct. 19, 2009) — You can teach an old dog new tricks, say UCLA scientists who found that middle-aged and older adults with little Internet experience were able to trigger key centers in the brain that control decision-making and complex reasoning after just one week of surfing the Web. The findings, ...
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• Mood Stabilizers & Mood Enhancers – A Remedy to Naturally Boost Mood & Alleviate Depression

  
  Wish Everyone Good Health. — Authority: 464
  Depression and mood disorders are very prevalent mental health issues today. In an increasingly health conscious society, more options are being put forth in the realm of natural medicine, allowing people to stabilize and enhance mood naturally, without addictive and often harmful prescription antidepressants.Natural ...
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• How The City Hurts Your Brain…And What You Can Do About It

  
  Shrunken Mind w/Dr. John Schinnerer - Using Positive Psychology to Master Life — Authority: 126
  By Jonah Lehrer from IdeasJanuary 2, 2009  THE CITY HAS always been an engine of intellectual life, from the 18th-century coffeehouses of London, where citizens gathered to discuss chemistry and radical politics, to the Left Bank bars of modern Paris, where Pablo Picasso held forth on modern art. Without the ...
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• My Immature Brain Made Me Do It?

  
  Blogs — Authority: 159
     On November 9th, 2009 the Supreme Court will hear arguments on whether the 8th amendments ban on cruel and unusual punishment prohibits courts from sentencing children to life without the possibility of parole for the commission of a non-homicide. Joe Sullivan and Terrance Graham were 13 and 17 years old ...
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