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• E-cigarettes 'help smokers quit or cut down'

  16-12-2014 23:07 via bbc.com
  
  E-cigarettes appear to help smokers cut down but some
  
  say they are creating a new generation of addicts.
  
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• Most U.S. doctors now support assisted suicide

  16-12-2014 23:06 via nbcnews.com
  
  Survey shows for the first time most U.S. doctors back
  
  the rights of patients with an "incurable illness" to
  
  seek "a dignified death."
  
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• Educating first responders across U.S. on autism safety

  16-12-2014 23:04 via foxnews.com
  
  A retired police officer has made it his mission to educate first responders and others about how to more effectively interact with people with autism spectrum disorder.
  
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• How to survive emotionally during the holidays

  16-12-2014 23:03 via cnn.com
  
  Spending time with family during the holidays can lead
  
  to stress and resentment.
  
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• How, where the brain converts external inputs into behavioral responses

  16-12-2014 20:41
  
  Very little is known about how and where the brain converts external inputs into behavioral responses. Now, scientists have been able to shed light on important neural circuitry involved in the prey capture behavior exhibited by young zebrafish.
  
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• New technology advances eye tracking as biomarker for brain function, recovery from brain injury

  16-12-2014 20:05
  
  A new technology has been developed that can assess the location and impact of a brain injury merely by tracking the eye movements of patients as they watch music videos for less than four minutes. The study suggests that the use of eye tracking technology may be a potential biological marker for assessing brain function and monitoring recovery for patients with brain injuries.
  
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• People trust typical-looking faces most

  16-12-2014 17:30
  Being 'average' is often considered a bad thing, but new research suggests that averageness wins when people assess the trustworthiness of a face. The research indicates that, while typical-looking faces aren't seen as the most attractive, they are considered to be the most trustworthy.
  
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• Cracking the code of brain development

  16-12-2014 17:30
  By linking developmental brain disorders like schizophrenia and autism to specific molecular signatures in early brain development, we are much closer to finding new treatments based on how a brain first gets ill rather than only on how it behaves ill, according to an expert.
  
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• Broad receptive field responsible for differentiated neuronal activity

  16-12-2014 16:05
  Some neurons are more active than others, even when they are positioned right next to each other and are one and the same neuron type. Researchers now have discovered the cause for this phenomenon.
  
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• How brain can distinguish good from bad smells

  16-12-2014 16:05
  
  In fruit flies, the quality and intensity of odors can be mapped in the so-called lateral horn, scientists have found. They have created a spatial map of this part of the olfactory processing system in the fly brain and showed that the lateral horn can be segregated into three activity domains, each of which represents an odor category.
  
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• The US paid torture doctors millions. Why is it last in the world in punishing them? | Dr Steven Miles

  16-12-2014 15:30
  
  America, land of the psychologists who roam free after waterboarding people, home of the brave whistleblowers who died for telling the truthCIA torture: health professionals ‘may have committed war crimes’, report saysPlus: Torture victims will bear psychological scars long after CIA report scandalGovernments that torture protect their torture doctors. Their medical communities help them do so. And that is exactly why torture doctors, including those who work for the United States, must be p
  
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• How painkillers really can relieve a headache brought on by homosexuals | Dean Burnett

  16-12-2014 15:08
  
  A Ukip candidate recently resigned after making racist and homophobic comments. The excuse offered was that this was due to his being under the influence of prescription medication. Many have scoffed at this explanation, but is there any scientific basis to the claim that painkillers can cause racism or other bigotry?Ukip candidate Kerry Smith has not had a good week. He has resigned after it was revealed he had made several alarmingly offensive comments about homosexuals and Chinese people. Thi
  
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• How painkillers really can relieve a headache brought on by foreigners | Dean Burnett

  16-12-2014 15:08
  
  A Ukip candidate recently resigned after making racist and homophobic comments. The excuse offered was that this was due to his being under the influence of prescription medication. Many have scoffed at this explanation, but is there any scientific basis to the claim that painkillers can cause racism or other bigotry?Ukip candidate Kerry Smith has not had a good week. He has resigned after it was revealed he had made several alarmingly offensive comments about homosexuals and Chinese people. Thi
  
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• Handwriting vs typing: is the pen still mightier than the keyboard?

  16-12-2014 12:08
  
  Computers may dominate our lives, but mastery of penmanship brings us important cognitive benefits, research suggestsIn the past few days you may well have scribbled out a shopping list on the back of an envelope or stuck a Post-it on your desk. Perhaps you added a comment to your child’s report book or made a few quick notes during a meeting. But when did you last draft a long text by hand? How long ago did you write your last “proper” letter, using a pen and a sheet of writing paper? Are
  
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• Saving old information can boost memory for new information

  16-12-2014 09:00
  
  The simple act of saving something, such as a file on a computer, may improve our memory for the information we encounter next, according to new research published in Psychological Science, a journal...
  
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• Study Offers Support for the Notion of E-Cigarettes As a Gateway Drug

  16-12-2014 07:00 via feeds.socialpsychology.org
  
  Source: L.A. Times - HealthDo e-cigarettes lure teens into a world of vice that turns them into smokers of regular cigarettes? This is the big fear of anti-smoking activists, and new data from Hawaii suggest they may be right.
  
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• Psychologist Admits He Waterboarded Al Qaeda Suspects

  16-12-2014 07:00 via feeds.socialpsychology.org
  
  Source: Yahoo News - Top HeadlinesOne of the chief architects of the CIA’s harsh Bush-era interrogation program has admitted in a media interview for the first time that he waterboarded terrorism suspects, including Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the suspected mastermind of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks. James Mitchell, a former U.S. Air Force psychologist, confirmed some of the specific details in a Senate committee report released last week and
  
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• Can Identifying Mental Illness Stop Terror Attacks?

  16-12-2014 07:00 via feeds.socialpsychology.org
  
  Source: Yahoo News - Top HeadlinesA radical Muslim killed a soldier outside Canada's Parliament. A right-wing extremist opened fire on buildings in Texas' capital and tried to burn down the Mexican Consulate. An Al-Qaida-inspired assailant hacked an off-duty soldier to death in London. Police said all three were terrorists and motivated by ideology. Authorities and family members said they may have been mentally ill. A growing body of research suggests they might well have been...
  
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