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• "Friendship Bench" Therapy Proves Effective in Treating Mental Disorders

  27-12-2016 10:52 via feeds.socialpsychology.org
  
  Source: Psych CentralA new study in Zimbabwe shows that “Friendship Bench” therapy has proven effective in treating depression, anxiety, and other common mental health disorders. The Friendship Benches, located on the grounds
  
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• Beyond Entertainment: Virtual Reality May Ease Anxiety

  27-12-2016 10:51 via feeds.socialpsychology.org
  
  Source: Canadian Broadcasting Company - Top Stories NewsA psychology professor and students are working on a project to help people escape the stress of day-to-day life or traumatic situations by throwing on a pair of VR goggles.
  
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• Thinking with Our Hands May Help Us Solve Problems

  27-12-2016 10:50 via feeds.socialpsychology.org
  Source: ScienceDailyNew research by two cognitive psychology experts is demonstrating how our decision making is heavily influenced by the world around us, challenging the traditional idea that thinking takes place strictly in the head.
  
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• Smell Test for Alzheimer's Diagnosis Steps Closer

  27-12-2016 10:50 via feeds.socialpsychology.org
  
  Source: Medical News TodayResearchers reveal how a smell test significantly boosted the accuracy of diagnosis for mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer's disease.
  
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• Single Fathers Report Low Physical and Mental Health

  27-12-2016 10:50 via feeds.socialpsychology.org
  
  Source: Yahoo News - HealthSingle dads are twice as likely to report poor physical and mental health as fathers with partners, according to a new Canadian study.
  
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• 8-Year-Old Transgender Boy Asked to Leave Cub Scout Pack

  27-12-2016 10:50 via feeds.socialpsychology.org
  
  Source: Star TribuneThe family of an 8-year-old New Jersey boy says he was kicked out of Cub Scouts because he is transgender, a move that could open a new front in the debate over discrimination in Scouting.
  
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• London Transport Launches Badges for People with Hidden Disabilities

  27-12-2016 10:49 via feeds.socialpsychology.org
  
  Source: Yahoo News - HealthBadges reading “Please offer me a seat” are to be introduced for passengers with invisible impairments who may find it difficult or impossible to ask for a seat, Transport for London (TFL) said on Thursday.
  
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• Consistently enjoying life could make you live longer

  27-12-2016 09:00
  
  Researchers may have unlocked the solution of how to live longer. The key to longer life may lie with how much people enjoy themselves.
  
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• Recast: Us and Them - Science Weekly podcast

  27-12-2016 08:30
  
  Are we biologically primed to fear outsiders? And can science help us bridge the divide when conflicts arise?Subscribe & Review on iTunes, Soundcloud, Audioboom, Mixcloud & AcastIn this rebroadcast from earlier in the year, Ian Sample is joined in the studio by social psychologist Professor Miles Hewstone and primatologist Dr Kit Opie to discuss group behaviour and the divisions that define us as human. In light of everything that’s happened in 2016, the topics covered are as perti
  
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• Scientists discover new mechanism of how brain networks form

  27-12-2016 03:12
  Scientists have discovered that networks of inhibitory brain cells or neurons develop through a mechanism opposite to the one followed by excitatory networks. Excitatory neurons sculpt and refine maps of the external world throughout development and experience, while inhibitory neurons form maps that become broader with maturation.
  
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• Is there such a thing as an emotional hangover? Researchers find that there is

  27-12-2016 03:12
  Emotional experiences can induce physiological and internal brain states that persist for long periods of time after the emotional events have ended, a team of scientists has found.
  
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• How the brain processes faces from sight to recognition

  27-12-2016 03:12
  Researchers used highly sophisticated brain imaging tools and computational methods to measure the real-time brain processes that convert the appearance of a face into the recognition of an individual. They are hopeful that the findings might be used in the near future to locate the exact point at which the visual perception system breaks down in different disorders and injuries, ranging from developmental dyslexia to prosopagnosia, or face blindness.
  
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