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States of Mind: Tracing the Edges of Consciousness review – walking in a waking dream

07-02-2016 09:00

Wellcome Collection, London
From gothic nightmares and early neural imaging to the operating theatre, an inspired exhibition explores the mysterious territory at the borders of wakefulnessWhat does thought look like? In the early days of photography a French army officer called Louis Darget believed “nervous fluid” passed out of the brain and the fingertips and that the new medium could capture the ghost of that fluid in pictures. To this end, Darget spent most of a long secondary ca

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How Groundhog Day changed my life

07-02-2016 07:00

It’s just a silly comedy, right? Not according to Paul Hannam. He believes the film holds the secret to happinessCan a movie change your life? How about a comedy? How about Groundhog Day? I believe that this wonderful film contains remarkable wisdom that can help you be happier and more fulfilled. There are three transformative principles at its heart that I have used to improve my life and that you can use to improve yours, too.Principle number one: practice makes perfect. Groundhog Day i

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How good are you at concentrating?

07-02-2016 07:00

… I said at CONCENTRATING! To find out, see how quickly you can find the odd letter out in each of the following gridsDid you find it harder to spot the odd letter out in the second grid than the first? Did it take you a little longer? If so, the reason is probably that you were distracted by the cartoon character on the right, even though it is, of course, utterly irrelevant to the task.In fact, recent research conducted at University College London found that people who were easily dist

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New York moves to stop gay conversion therapy for youths

07-02-2016 03:06 via washingtonpost.com

New York is taking steps to stop therapists from trying to change young people’s sexual orientation, joining a number of states that have acted against what’s known as gay conversion therapy.

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