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Can't focus? Maybe it's the wrong time of month
Feeling a little sluggish and having trouble concentrating? Hormones might be to blame according to new research from Concordia University published in the journal Brain and Cognition. The study shows that high estrogen levels are associated with an inability to … Continue reading
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Vitamin C rapidly improves emotional state of acutely hospitalized patients, say LDI researchers
Treatment with vitamin C rapidly improves the emotional state of acutely hospitalized patients, according to a study carried out by researchers at Montreal’s Jewish General Hospital (JGH) and the affiliated Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research (LDI). In a double-blind … Continue reading
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Flashing glasses may offer hope for trauma survivors
Psychologists say they might be able to prevent or treat post-traumatic stress disorder using glasses with a pair of flashing lights. Dr Peter Naish of the Open University said that sufferers process the lights in their brains in the same … Continue reading
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It's good to think – but not too much, scientists say
People who think more about whether they are right have more cells in an area of the brain known as the frontal lobes. UK scientists, writing in Science, looked at how brain size varied depending on how much people thought … Continue reading
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UFO Shaped Like Ford Station Wagon Drove Me Off Road, Woman Says
An Australian woman claims she was cut off by two alien beings in a spaceship shaped like a Ford station wagon — before it took off surrounded by green, blue and red flames, the Northern Territory News reported Saturday. Her … Continue reading
The Neurobiology of Evil
Is a person’s propensity toward evil a matter of malfunctioning synapses and neurons? Michael Stone, professor of clinical psychiatry at Columbia University and author of “The Anatomy of Evil,” says it is. Ever-more-detailed brain scans are revealing the biological origins … Continue reading
Child’s “Mental Number Line” Affects Memory for Numbers
As children in Western cultures grow, they learn to place numbers on a mental number line, with smaller numbers to the left and spaced further apart than the larger numbers on the right. Then the number line changes to become … Continue reading
Use of medication for insomnia or anxiety increases mortality risk by 36 percent
Taking medications to treat insomnia and anxiety increases mortality risk by 36%, according to a study conducted by Geneviève Belleville, a professor at Université Laval’s School of Psychology. The details of this study are published in the latest edition of … Continue reading
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Research finds repressed memories don't exist
The idea that traumatised people, especially the victims of child sexual abuse, deliberately repress horrific memories goes all the way back to the 19th century and the theories of Sigmund Freud himself. But now some experts are saying the evidence … Continue reading
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'Magic mushrooms' ingredient beneficial to cancer patients, report says
Researchers find psilocybin improved the anxiety and depression of terminal cancer patients for up to six months. The study is considered a first step in restoring the hallucinogen’s respectability.The psychedelic drug psilocybin, the active ingredient in “magic mushrooms,” can improve … Continue reading
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