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Wandering mind not a happy mind
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The Nocebo Effect: Can Our Thoughts Kill Us?
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Network Theory Sheds New Light on Origins of Consciousness
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Our Dogs Can Read Our Minds: The New Neuroscience of Animal Brains and...
We might well wonder, though, whether animals do go beyond reading the expressions of emotions, and understand what others are thinking. In the quest to identify what might be unique to the human mind,...
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Research Provides Evidence of Learning and Memory Six Weeks Prior to Birth
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Radicalised Boys – A Threat or Opportunity?
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Psychiatry’s Mind-Brain Problem
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Neuroscience, Free Will Are Rethinking Divorce
Computer artwork of a brain-shaped network of lines and connections. Photo: Alfred Pasieka/Science Photo Library/Corbis Back in the 1980s, the American scientist Benjamin Libet made a surprising...
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The Myth Of Happiness That Will Prevent You From Being Truly Happy
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Brain Study Suggests Consciousness A Matter Of Optimal Degree Of...
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We Saw Magic Mushrooms Lift Long-Term Depression. It’s Time For A Change Of...
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Network Theory Sheds New Light on Origins of Consciousness
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Our Dogs Can Read Our Minds: The New Neuroscience of Animal Brains and...
We might well wonder, though, whether animals do go beyond reading the expressions of emotions, and understand what others are thinking. In the quest to identify what might be unique to the human mind,...
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Research Provides Evidence of Learning and Memory Six Weeks Prior to Birth
A study funded by the National Science Foundation’s Social Behavioral and Economic Sciences Directorate suggests babies begin to acquire knowledge in the womb earlier than previously thought.Research...
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How Trigger Warnings Are Hurting Mental Health on Campus
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Radicalised Boys – A Threat or Opportunity?
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Psychiatry’s Mind-Brain Problem
Jim McAuley / The New York Times Recently, a psychiatric study on first episodes of psychosis made front-page news. People seemed quite surprised by the finding: that treatment programs that emphasized...
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Neuroscience, Free Will Are Rethinking Divorce
Computer artwork of a brain-shaped network of lines and connections. Photo: Alfred Pasieka/Science Photo Library/Corbis Back in the 1980s, the American scientist Benjamin Libet made a surprising...
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