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Go easy on your teens

Kathy — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 15:33:07 +0000

A new study has found that young people feel differently about two types of parental control, generally viewing a type of control that’s thought to be better for their development more...

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Friends find it harder to forgive

Kathy — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 15:23:17 +0000

You may hurt the ones you love but ‘forgive and forget’ is much more likely to apply in intimate relationships than it is to your friends, according to research results from The Australian National...

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Alzheimer’s sufferer tackles her bucket list

Kathy — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 19:00:58 +0000

How cool is Beth Van Winkle? In this CNN report, we witness video of Beth VanWinkle, one year into her diagnosis of Alzheimer’s, realizing her second dream – to jump out of an airplane. Shot...

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The Myth of Sexual Chemistry

Kathy — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 15:52:00 +0000

The psychosexual therapist doesn’t believe in sexual chemistry, or that men and women are all that different. On the BigThink today we hear from a psychotherapist and a gender researcher in their...

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Forming lasting memories

Kathy — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 15:43:43 +0000

Researchers at the Swedish medical university Karolinska Institutet have discovered a mechanism that controls the brain’s ability to create lasting memories. In experiments on genetically...

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Study Sheds Light on Brain’s Response to Distress, Unexpected Events

Kathy — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 15:12:14 +0000

New UAB Study Sheds Light on Brain’s Response to Distress, Unexpected Events from uabnews on Vimeo. In a new study, psychologists at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) are able to...

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Bullying in school prevelant in the classroom

Kathy — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 15:03:04 +0000

Despite the common misperception that bullying at school takes place only in unsupervised locations, new research suggests that the classroom setting is one of the places where bullying is the...

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The Narrow Line Between Love and Jealousy

Kathy — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 14:54:45 +0000

A new study carried out at the University of Haifa has found that the hormone oxytocin, which is also known as the “love hormone”, and which affects behaviors such as trust, empathy and...

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Can you teach an old dog new tricks?

Kathy — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 22:24:37 +0000

This month Psychobabble looks at how we can stay mentally sharp as we age: Can you teach an old dog new tricks Link to read more Psychobabble

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What do women really want?

Kathy — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 21:20:53 +0000

Ah the million dollar question! Over at the Big Think six experts on female sexuality will tell us…..Today’s offering is from 2 scientists who study the nature of female orgasm. Over at...

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