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Dangerous Blood Clot Risk Linked To Newer Antipsychotics http://goo.gl/fb/7xRGv #psychologynews

Featured - I don't want to sound like a blogger, but... | Psydir News

news.psydir.com — “Since I accepted an invitation to write for LabSpaces I've been wondering how best to make my debut. For those not familiar with my blog (and I take that to be the exceeding majority) I approach a topic that arises in my everyday life, and find an explanation for it from the Psychological literature. To be completely honest, it's really a self-serving exercise " I'm usually trying to find ...” View full resource at news.psydir.com

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Brain cell communication: Why it's so fast | Psydir News

news.psydir.com — “Billions of brain cells are communicating at any given moment. Like an organic supercomputer they keep everything going, from breathing to solving riddles, and” View full resource at news.psydir.com

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Sci vs Spy | Psydir News

news.psydir.com — “The Cold War espionage styles of the US and Soviet spy agencies are compared in a fantastic article for the history of science journal Isis that notes that while the Americans tended to invest in technology, the Russians were more focused on ‘human intelligence’. The article, by historian Kristie Macrakis, explores the technophilia of the [...]...” View full resource at news.psydir.com

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Child rearing practices of distant ancestors foster morality, compassion in kids | Psydir News

news.psydir.com — “Three new studies show a relationship between child rearing practices common in foraging hunter-gathering societies (how we humans have spent about 99 percent of our history) and better mental health, greater empathy and conscience development, and higher intelligence in children.” View full resource at news.psydir.com

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Sleep problems in chronic pain & what helps | Psydir News

news.psydir.com — “I have written about sleep problems in people with chronic pain several times. It is one of those aspects of dealing with pain that inevitably arise as I talk with people about energy, their activity through the day, and their mood. Many people blame the pain for their sleep problems, which is unsurprising really – … Read more... Tang, N. ...” View full resource at news.psydir.com

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OUCH! First ID of proteins involved in pressure-type pain | Psydir News

news.psydir.com — “Ouch! I just pinched my finger in the silverware drawer...again. The signal travels up my peripheral nerve fibers, contacts nociceptors, and proceed into my thalamus, insular cortex (which distunguishes pain from things like itch and cold), and other places in my brain. Soon, I'm shouting PAIN! PAIN! PAIN! But, until now, scientists had nothing but guesses as to the molecular domino that sta...” View full resource at news.psydir.com

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Brain's impulse control center located | Psydir News

news.psydir.com — “Impulsive behavior can be improved with training and the improvement is marked by specific brain changes, according to a new study.” View full resource at news.psydir.com

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The Neurobiology of Anxiety Disorders | Psydir News

news.psydir.com — “A key question in the classification of anxiety disorders is whether the DSM-IV classification system describes distinct useful categories. There is a great deal of overlap in clinical populations. You do not find many individual who have one unique disorder. Typically, someone with say panic disorder is likely to have one or more additional anxiety disorder such as social phobia...” View full resource at news.psydir.com

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Blink and you'll miss it (depending, of course, on your religious beliefs) | Psydir News

news.psydir.com — “The attentional blink is another of those weird and wonderful cognitive blind spots with which the human race is afflicted. Flash up two images in close succession, and we find it really difficult to even notice the second, let alone figure out what it is. That's basically because our brains are still engaged in processing the first one.In another recent study by Lorenzo Co...” View full resource at news.psydir.com

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Applied Chaos | Psydir News

news.psydir.com — “Dr Jim Bright explains how he uses the Chaos Theory of Careers in his work with clients.... Bright, J.E.H, Pryor, R.G.L, Chan, E.W.M., & Rijanto, J. (2009) Chance events in career development: Influence, control and multiplicity. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 75(1), 14-25. info:/10.1016/j.jvb.2009.02.007 Pryor, R., & Brigh...” View full resource at news.psydir.com

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What do I want? Don't ask me: Choice blindness at the market stall | Psydir News

news.psydir.com — “Imagine you sampled two jams, chose your favourite, and were then offered another taste of it before being asked to explain your preference. Would you notice that you'd been offered the wrong one, that you were actually tasting the jam you'd turned down? A new study conducted at a market stall by Lars Hall and colleagues found that even for tastes as dramatically different as spicy Cinnamon-Apple ...” View full resource at news.psydir.com

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Wait -- Jonah Lehrer Wants Reading to be Harder? | Psydir News

news.psydir.com — “Recently Jonah Lehrer, now at Wired, wrote a ode to books, titled The Future of Reading. Many people are sad to see the slow replacement of physical books by e-readers -- though probably not many people who have lugged 50 pounds of books in a backpack across Siberia, though that's a different story. The take-home message appears 2/3 of the way down:So here's my wish for e-readers. I...” View full resource at news.psydir.com

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Spare the rod, spoil the child? | Psydir News

news.psydir.com — “Grabbing a child firmly by the arm, yelling and repeatedly punishing him or her may not be without long-terms risks, according to researchers. They are studying how this harsh parenting can impair the emotional development of a child, possibly leading to anxiety disorders such as social phobia, separation anxiety and panic attacks.” View full resource at news.psydir.com

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