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• "You-Turn" Pulls Into First Place as Amazon Bestseller

  18-08-2015 21:51 via pr.com
  Nonfiction "You-Turn: Changing Direction in Midlife" recently peeled out as #1 Amazon Bestseller in lifespan development and hypnosis categories. A collection of "over 40 stories of people over 40" who made amazing changes in midlife, "You-Turn" is also loaded with self-help tips for reinvention at any age. [PR.com]
  
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• Nicotine changes marijuana's effect on the brain

  18-08-2015 20:24
  How scientists study the effects of marijuana on the brain is changing. Until recently marijuana research largely excluded tobacco users from its participant pool, but scientists have found reason to abandon this practice, uncovering significant differences in the brains of individuals who use both tobacco and marijuana and the brains of those who only use marijuana.
  
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• Researcher looks through the noise to discover potential risks from jet fuel

  18-08-2015 19:18
  Jet fuel, when combined with sustained noise, may cause brain-related injury and lead to multiple conditions. Clinical conditions such as anxiety, depression, sleep disorders and post-traumatic stress could be attributed, in part, to hydrocarbon-related disruptions in brain function, a factor previously overlooked during diagnoses, say authors of a new report.
  
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• Anxious? Depressed? Blame it on your middle-management position

  18-08-2015 18:17
  Individuals near the middle of the social hierarchy suffer higher rates of depression and anxiety than those at the top or bottom, according to researchers. Nearly twice the number of supervisors and managers reported they suffered from anxiety compared to workers. Symptoms of depression were reported by 18 percent of supervisors and managers compared to 12 percent for workers.
  
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• Unequal healthcare funding provokes 'moral disgust', pioneering brain scan research shows

  18-08-2015 17:00
  
  Areas of the brain associated with social and moral disgust are triggered when healthcare funding is split unequally, researchers from the UK and Australia have found.
  
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• Video games linked to aggressive behavior

  18-08-2015 16:00
  
  A new systematic review of current literature on violent video game use has indicated that it is linked to aggressive behavior and decreased empathy.
  
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• Quality counts in adolescents' and young adults' romantic relationships

  18-08-2015 16:00
  
  Adolescents who have romantic relationships tend to have more problems with psychosocial adjustment.
  
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• Frequency of family meals increased by a new school presentation

  18-08-2015 16:00
  
  Giving adolescents the confidence to cook and help prepare meals benefits the entire familyNew research shows that teaching young adolescents practical cooking skills leads to positive changes...
  
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• Republicans have happier marriages than Democrats, study indicates

  18-08-2015 15:05
  Republicans tend to be happier in their marriages than Democrats, and are less likely to be divorced, reveals a new article. The findings add to an ongoing debate over which set of political ideals help to lead people to a happy life, say the investigators.
  
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• Patient satisfaction a poor surrogate for quality of care in brain surgery

  18-08-2015 15:02
  Patient satisfaction is a very poor proxy for quality of care comparisons in elective cranial neurosurgery. Because deaths are rare events in elective cranial neurosurgery, reporting of surgeon or even department-specific mortality figures cannot differentiate a high or low level of the quality of care, investigators say.
  
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• What clinicians need to know about bilingual development in children

  18-08-2015 12:00
  
  Information will help clinicians to assess bilingual children and advise their parentsBilingual children pose unique challenges for clinicians, and, until recently, there was little research on...
  
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• Awe: the powerful emotion with strange and beautiful effects | Oliver Burkeman

  18-08-2015 10:30
  Feeling awe has been linked to health and happiness ... but the experience is its own justificationThe other day, I got fairly decisively lost while hiking in the French Pyrénées. Not seriously lost, since I had a functioning iPhone, and was never much more than an hour’s walk from a road where, in a crisis, I could doubtless have flagged down a grudging French motorist. (Is there any other kind?) But just lost enough to feel the first frisson of something like fear: enough t
  
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• Why Your Eyes Dart Around When Dreaming

  18-08-2015 07:39 via feeds.socialpsychology.org
  
  Source: Yahoo News - ScienceThe vivid, bizarre images that infuse dreams are formed when people make the darting, rapid eye movements characteristic of a certain stage of sleep, new research suggests. The findings confirm a long-held scientific hypothesis that such rapid eye movements during sleep reflect a person viewing their dream-world in the same way that they would take in a scene when awake. "There was this idea that we scan the dream image, or the mental image when...
  
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• Family Struggles May Affect Boys' Brain Development

  18-08-2015 07:39 via feeds.socialpsychology.org
  Source: U.S. News and World ReportFamily problems early in life might raise boys' risk of depression and anxiety, which is also tied to altered brain structure in their late teens and early 20s, a new study suggests.
  
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• Exercise Alone Does Not Help in Losing Weight

  18-08-2015 07:39 via feeds.socialpsychology.org
  Source: ScienceDailyPhysical activity has many health benefits, ranging from reducing the risk of heart disease, diabetes and cancer to improving mental health and mood. But contrary to common belief, exercise does not help you lose weight, public health scientists report.
  
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• Brain Scans May Predict Success of Therapy for Psychiatric Disorders

  18-08-2015 07:39 via feeds.socialpsychology.org
  
  Source: Medical News TodayUsing scans to look for brain biomarkers offers a way to select the most appropriate therapy for psychiatric disorders, study suggests.
  
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• Book Uses Psychological Tricks to Get Kids to Sleep

  18-08-2015 07:39 via feeds.socialpsychology.org
  
  Source: CBS News - HealthwatchA picture book promising to help kids fall asleep has shot to the top of Amazon's Best Sellers List; here's how it works.
  
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• Workplace rudeness spreads like a virus

  18-08-2015 06:14
  
  Research shows that if you’ve got a mean co-worker, you might also be in danger of catching their rudeness.
  
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• Coaxing children with selective mutism to find their voices

  18-08-2015 05:36
  Selective mutism, an anxiety disorder, can impede academic achievement and socialization, and lead to isolation and withdrawal from rituals like birthday parties and playground friendships.
  
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• A brain-computer interface for controlling an exoskeleton

  18-08-2015 04:02
  Scientists have developed a brain-computer control interface for a lower limb exoskeleton by decoding specific signals from within the user's brain.
  
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