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The Psychology of Cheating
The New York Times: To some it was a fitting end to a pointless witch hunt. On Wednesday, after weeks of graphic testimony about steroid use, a jury in San Francisco cleared the former baseball
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Food May Be Addicting for Some
The Wall Street Journal: A new study suggests that people who struggle to say no to chocolate, french fries or other junk food suffer from something more insidious than lack of willpower: They may actually
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Heartache or headache, pain process is similar, studies find
Los Angeles Times: The brain’s shared pain network illustrates the link between body and mind, and it may help explain how emotional ups or downs affect health too. Across cultures and language divides, people talk
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APS Fellow Kroll Receives $2.8 Million from NSF to Study Bilingualism and the Brain
APS Fellow and Charter Member Judith Kroll, Director of The Center for Language Science, at Pennsylvania State University, has received a five-year, $2.8 million grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF). Kroll, together with Co-PIs
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The Brain Is Not an Explanation
The Huffington Post: “Brain scans pinpoint how chocoholics are hooked.” This headline appeared in the Guardian a few years ago above a science story that began: “Chocoholics really do have chocolate on the brain.” The
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Mind Reading: How Our Brains Predispose Us to Believe in God
TIME: Psychologist Jesse Bering is best known for his often risqué (and sometimes NSFW) Bering in Mind blog for Scientific American, which examines human behavior — frequently of the sexual sort. But he’s also the
