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• Repetitive head injuries may not cause movement problems for former NFL players

  19-02-2017 22:51
  Former NFL players who had repeated head injuries may not have significant problems with motor functions later in life, according to a preliminary study.
  
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• Trump’s fragile male ego craves the dangerous drug of adulation | Joan Smith

  19-02-2017 19:49
  
  The president’s hyped-up behaviour at his Florida rally was an alarming display of his neediness. Maybe he we should have his own theme parkTherapy has never been so expensive. At the weekend, it cost American taxpayers millions of dollars to fly Donald Trump down to Florida so he could hold a session with thousands of adoring fans after another trying week in the White House. At a cost of roughly $3m per trip, it would have been cheaper to hire Dr Freud but, sadly, aides who tried to cont
  
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• There is no ‘rule of six’ – the truth about the science of queueing

  19-02-2017 16:00
  
  You wait longer when other people are behind you, we should stand on both sides of an escalator, and we usually get away with pushing in. Psychology professor Adrian Furnham explains what studies show us about standing in lineEvery Saturday at 7am, Adrian Furnham, professor of psychology at University College London, can be found shopping at his local supermarket. “It’s the same sad old gits, who recognise me,” he says. “But we know it’s very efficient. Although the
  
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• Alex Barakan obituary

  19-02-2017 12:55
  
  As a young man, after an initial interest in Freudian psychoanalysis, my friend Alex Barakan, who has died aged 99, went on to develop his own style of therapeutic psychology.Whether as a client or friend, it was the quality of his listening that was so striking and which was so appreciated by the hundreds of people he helped throughout his long life. Continue reading...
  
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• Does your life have a purpose, or are you just a drifter? Quiz

  19-02-2017 07:00
  
  If you are a go-getter you may find that you live longer than those happy just to drift through lifeDoes your life have purpose? Are you a drifter or do you have a cast iron plan for the future? To find out, answer the following three statements on a scale from 1 (strongly disagree) to 7 (strongly agree). Add them up and divide by three for an average score.1. Some people wander aimlessly through life, but I am not one of them. Continue reading...
  
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• Compulsive behaviour? It may make more sense than you think

  19-02-2017 07:00
  
  Some compulsions are simply expressions of psychological needs we all feelThere are endless motivations for human behaviour, from the basic drives for food and sex to more complicated ones, such as compassion, envy and anger. But none of these explain behaviours that we feel irresistibly, often inexplicably, driven to engage in – compulsions.Compulsions come from a need that is desperate and tortured. They may bring relief, but they bring little enjoyment, and while one part of our brain d
  
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• Mental illness and heart disease are often found in the same patients

  19-02-2017 03:47 via washingtonpost.com
  
  Researchers are discovering some surprising ties between cardiac health and mental health.
  
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