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Teaching The Neurons To Meditate
Studies show that Buddhist monks, who have spent thousands of hours of meditating, have distinct patterns of brain activity. But findings suggest brain activity could change after just a short period of practice.
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Share the love! Being aroused makes you more likely to send information to other people, study finds
news.com Australia: DEAR reader, you’re an idiot. And you smell bad. And nobody likes you. And, according to one professor, you’re more likely to share this story with your friends if you took those insults
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Landau named vice provost for faculty affairs
The Gazette: Barbara Landau, the Dick and Lydia Todd Professor and chair of the Department of Cognitive Science in the Krieger School of Arts and Sciences, has been appointed vice provost for faculty affairs. She
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2 Ways to cope with negative emotions
The Times of India: When confronted with high-intensity negative emotions, they tend to choose to turn their attention away, but with something lower-intensity, they tend to think it over and neutralize the feeling that way.
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When It Comes to Memory, Practice Seems to Make Perfect
U.S. News & World Report: A new study shows that just a bit of practice can give a certain type of learning remarkable staying power. Over two consecutive days, volunteers were asked to identify a
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The Dark Side Of Choice in America
Huffington Post: Around July 4 every year, Americans think a lot about what it means to be an American. A big part of our identity is the freedom of choice. The strong libertarian streak that
