Click Here to Read: When Real Neuroscientists Look at Fake Neuroscience by Daniel Luzer on the Washington Monthly website on September 7, 2012.
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More Evidence Links Common Parasite to Suicidal Behavior
August 21, 2012 — Individuals infected with the Toxoplasma gondii parasite are at significant risk for later suicide attempts, new research suggests.
A cohort study of 84 adults from Sweden showed that those who had been infected with T gondii were 7 times more likely to participate in nonfatal, self-directed violence compared with their counterparts who had not been infected. Continue reading More Evidence Links Common Parasite to Suicidal Behavior
Few doctors know how to treat addiction. A new program aims to change that.
How to better understand your style of humor
Click here to read “How to better understand your style of humor” by Edward Hoffman, PH.D. from The Japan Times on September 4, 2012.
Have you had a good laugh lately? Anything funny happen to you this week? And, what types of jokes makes you chuckle the most? Such questions are increasingly the focus of scientific research — for evidence is now piling up that our sense of humor directly affects our well-being.
School Bullies Prey on Children with Autism
New fossils support a multiple-species view of early human evolution
We Are Writing the Epilogue to the World We Knew
Kubrick 2001: The Space Odyssey Explained
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Eight weeks to a better brain
Fertility treatments may put women at risk for PTSD symptoms, study suggests
Click here to read “Fertility treatments may put women at risk for PTSD symptoms, study suggests” by Rachael Rettner from MyHealthNewsDaily on August 8, 2012.
Women who undergo fertility treatments may find the situation so distressing that they develop post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), a new study says.