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• Moderately following the Mediterranean diet may cut risk of developing depression

  20-09-2015 16:11
  
  Research continues to identify the specific benefits, but the Mediterranean diet seems to boost overall health, from the heart to the brain.
  
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• Is mental health 'parity' law fulfilling its promise?

  20-09-2015 16:11
  
  Many families and advocates complain that the discrimination in the treatment of mentally ill people persists.
  
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• Can food psychology help Alzheimer’s patients?

  20-09-2015 12:00
  
  An Oxford professor and a top chef have teamed up for the Kitchen Theory project – and believe the multisensory nature of eating could have surprising applicationsCan you possibly create the perfect dining experience for someone?” says Jozef Youssef, when we met in a Pret a Manger off Hanover Square. “Can you knowingly do so?” It’s an apt location. The thoughtful, eloquent Youssef believes chefs could learn a thing or two from the high street and we’re sat in
  
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• What your music taste says about you

  20-09-2015 10:30
  
  Take the Observer personality quiz and find out who you – or your partner – really areThink the music you love is part of your identity? You might be right. According to a study at the University of Texas which gave people questionnaires about their musical taste and a battery of personality and intelligence tests, what you listen to reveals a surprising amount about you. So which of these four ‘super genres’ best describes your musical taste?a) Blues, classical, folk, ja
  
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• How psychopaths can save your life

  20-09-2015 10:30
  
  The right balance of ruthlessness and cool can make people heroes rather than killers, says psychologist Kevin DuttonI once met a man who told me this: “In the operating theatre I am reborn: as a cold, heartless machine, totally at one with scalpel, drill and saw. Emotion is entropy and seriously bad for business. I’ve hunted it down to extinction over the years.” That man is one of the world’s top neurosurgeons. And a psychopath. Unfortunately I cannot name him.Anot
  
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• Gardens: nature’s happy pill | James Wong

  20-09-2015 07:00
  
  Feeling blue? Get yourself a mood-changing gardeniaIt might feel increasingly cold and grey as we slide into autumn, but one species is in its full glory right now: the blowsy ivory flowers of gardenia (Gardenia jasminoides). Yet this exotic houseplant has much more to offer than mere visual appeal. Its creamy-white petals house structures that generate sweetly scented compounds which not only fill a room with their rich, jasmine-like fragrance, but according to recent trials may also have a pro
  
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