An NPR portrait of a very rare problem, phonagnosia, or voice blindness: According to phonagnosia researcher Diana Sidtis, the part of the brain that allows people to distinguish things like age, gender and emotional content in a voice is different from the part of the brain that makes sense of whether or not the voice […]
Stand-outs this morning from around the web… ScienceDaily: Combining sex and drugs reduces rock and roll NYT: Your Brain on Exercise WebMD: Getting Pregnant: Easy Ways To Encourage Fertility PsychCentral: Therapist Competency Important for Treatment Success ScienceDaily: Antidepressants make shrimps see the light
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ScienceDaily: Anger Drives Support for Wartime Presidents, Study Finds Contrary to popular opinion and previous speculations among psychologists, Lambert’s study shows that the impulse to support the president in times of war has little to do with feelings of anxiety or uncertainty or needing a president to somehow make us feel safe.
PsychCentral looks at ways to get the most out of depression treatment during tough economic times. Suggestions include: Ask your doctor if a generic form of your medication exists and if it would be all right for you to take. Target and Walmart are just a few of the pharmacies that offer generic medications for as little
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The L.A. Times looks at the “Twilight” obsession, opening with: Chrystal Johnson didn’t think there was anything unhealthy about her all-consuming fixation with “The Twilight Saga” — until she discovered it was sucking the life out of her marriage…
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A Q&A about insomnia is underway on the NYT’s Consults blog. Starter questions: Does Insomnia Always Have an Underlying ‘Cause’? Can You Die of Insomnia?
Another behavior in the addiction spotlight: UV abuse. As with alcohol, not everyone who is exposed becomes dependent on the sun. But there are enough UV abusers — one in five college students, perhaps half of beach habitués and 70 percent of indoor tanners, according to various studies — to warrant a new medical diagnostic
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At NYT.com, the Patient Voices page features patients talking about a variety of psychological (and other) ailments, including ADHD,OCD, Bipolar Disorder, Eating Disorders, and so on…
A standing desk with a treadmill? Maybe a good idea, say some NYT debaters. Yes, we all sit too much, but will our sedentary ways reduce our lifespans?…Or are there ways to stay in the chair 10 or 12 hours a day?
It’s official: Independence no longer begins at 21. People between 20 and 34 are taking longer to finish their educations, establish themselves in careers, marry, have children and become financially independent…“A new period of life is emerging in which young people are no longer adolescents but not yet adults.”
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