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• How the effects of trauma can be passed down to the next generation

  28-12-2014 17:44 via huffingtonpost.com
  New study suggests that in addition to the negative effects, the adaptive benefits of trauma might also stay alive in families through the years.
  
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• Rising stars of 2015: playwright Sam Holcroft

  28-12-2014 10:00
  
  The dramatist Sam Holcroft brings her background in developmental biology to the dissection of human relationshipsSee the Observer’s rising stars of 2015 in fullRising stars of 2015: artist Sara BarkerMany writers take a scientific approach to their examination of human behaviour, but few do so with as much authority as 31-year-old dramatist Sam Holcroft. She combined a degree in biology at Edinburgh University with a good deal of extracurricular drama – “I was going backwards and forwards
  
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• Fear of flying: the spectre that haunts modern life

  28-12-2014 09:30
  
  After a bad year for the air travel industry dominated by disasters and technical meltdowns, Alex Preston decides to come to terms with his ‘aviophobia’It’s been a bad year for aviophobes. About 30% of us find air travel anything from faintly disconcerting to unutterably terrifying, as we pore over reports of near-misses and midair collisions and watch episodes of Air Crash Investigation through clenched fingers. A smaller number won’t be tempted on to an aeroplane for all the riches of
  
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• Myths and Facts About Self-Injury

  28-12-2014 08:07 via feeds.socialpsychology.org
  
  Source: U.S. News and World ReportIf someone self-harms, it doesn't mean he or she is suicidal – or has a mental illness.
  
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• Most Parents Know When Teens Host Drinking Parties

  28-12-2014 08:07 via feeds.socialpsychology.org
  
  Source: Yahoo News - HealthThe vast majority of teenagers who hosted underage drinking parties in their California homes said their parents knew their guests were illegally consuming alcohol, researchers report. “When we typically think about teen parties, we think about the kids drinking secretly,” lead researcher Bettina Friese told Reuters Health. “I was quite surprised how many parents knew about
  
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• Indonesian Province to Punish Gay Sex with 100 Lashes

  28-12-2014 08:07 via feeds.socialpsychology.org
  
  Source: Yahoo News - Top HeadlinesOverwhelmed by fear, members of the main gay rights group in the Indonesian town of Banda Aceh started burning piles of documents outside their headquarters in late October, worried that the sharia police would raid them at any moment. Indonesia's northernmost province of Aceh had weeks earlier passed an anti-homosexuality law that punishes anyone caught having gay sex with 100 lashes.
  
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• Egypt Court Upholds "Debauchery" Conviction Amid Antigay Campaign

  28-12-2014 08:07 via feeds.socialpsychology.org
  
  Source: L.A. Times - World NewsAn Egyptian appeals court on Saturday upheld the conviction of eight men convicted last month of "debauchery" amid an increasingly harsh government campaign against homosexuality, though the court reduced the men's three-year prison terms to one year, state media reported.
  
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• Brazil's Hidden Slavery Past Unveiled at Valongo Wharf

  28-12-2014 08:07 via feeds.socialpsychology.org
  
  Source: BBC News - Top HeadlinesGrim truths about slavery in Rio unearthed.
  
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• Brain Stimulation Changes Attention Patterns of Anxious Individuals

  28-12-2014 08:07 via feeds.socialpsychology.org
  Source: ScienceDailyTranscranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) is a painless treatment strategy that uses weak electrical currents to deliver targeted stimulation to the brain via electrodes placed on the scalp. tDCS has shown promise in treating mood, anxiety, cognition, and some symptoms of Parkinson's disease.
  
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