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• The day my therapist killed himself: shock, tears and then came a revelation

  15-05-2016 14:30
  
  Words have a way of gaining wisdom when their speaker ceases to exist and novelist Julia Pierpoint looks back at a rather unsettling relationshipThe day I found out my therapist killed himself I’d taken a cab to the appointment, feeling myself in a hurry. Dr H had a way of holding it against you when you were late. A block from his office we hit traffic and I ran the rest of the way, sweating under my heavy coat (it was January). But the young doorman stopped me in the lobby. He gestured t
  
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• Metamorphosis: 19 True Stories About Change by Polly Morland – review

  15-05-2016 12:00
  
  Most of us are wary of change, but it can be the making of us, according to this persuasive studyA 2013 psychology study asked 19,000 people between the ages of 18 and 68 two questions: first, how much have you changed in the last decade? And, second, how much do you expect to change in the decade ahead?In nearly all cases the subjects of the study believed they and their lives had changed a great deal in the 10 years just ended. But when they looked to the future, they generally anticipated far
  
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• Does acetaminophen reduce empathy?

  15-05-2016 09:00
  
  Acetaminophen is one of the most common drugs in America. Despite this, its effects on human psychology are only now being discovered. New research charts its impact on empathy.
  
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• Brain waves predict speed of second language learning

  15-05-2016 09:00
  
  For the first time, researchers show that a 5-minute electroencephalography of resting-state brain activity can predict how fast adults learn a second language.
  
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• Opposites attract? Find out if it's really true

  15-05-2016 07:00
  
  Do you and your partner think in opposing ways? And does that make you more compatible? Find out with our testBoth you and your partner rate the following statements on a scale of 1 (strongly disagree) to 7 (strongly agree):a) Anyone who works hard usually succeeds
  b) Going to war is often necessary and unavoidable
  c) University should be free for students
  d) I believe in love at first sight
  e) It is wrong to eat veal Continue reading...
  
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• Forget self-help: we're programmed for change

  15-05-2016 07:00
  
  Our brain plasticity makes us far more adaptable than we think we are
  “This life,” wrote the French poet Charles Baudelaire more than a century ago, “is a hospital where each patient is possessed with the desire to change his bed.” No “How to Change Your Bed in Seven Days!” poem followed, alas. Today we still yearn for better bodies or relationships, jobs or houses. We crave money, security, health, fulfilment, peace of mind, success, adventure or that most sl
  
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