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What David Lynch And Tylenol Can Tell You About The Brain
NPR: Even for a hardcore David Lynch fan, the idea that a film of his would be used to weird people out in a psychology experiment is a tad weird. But it gets much stranger
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Risk Factor for Depression Can Be ‘Contagious’
A new study with college roommates shows that a particular style of thinking that makes people vulnerable to depression can actually “rub off” on others, increasing their symptoms of depression six months later. The research
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Experiencing Existential Dread? Tylenol May Do the Trick
Thinking about death can cause us to feel a sort of existential angst that isn’t attributable to a specific source. Now, new research suggests that acetaminophen, an over-the-counter pain medication, may help to reduce this
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Tactics to Spark Creativity
The Wall Street Journal: Why is it that some people rack their brains for new ideas, only to come up empty—while others seem to shake them almost effortlessly out of their sleeves? Whether creativity is
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Seeing, and Thinking, Like Sherlock
The New York Times: Arthur Conan Doyle’s novels and short stories about the incomparable detective Sherlock Holmes have never been out of print since their first publication in 1887. Holmes collections abound, as do movies
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Being Bored At Work Could Boost Creativity, Study Suggests
The Huffington Post: We’ve got some surprising news, workers of the world: Being bored at work could actually be . New research presented at the annual meeting of the British Psychological Society Division of Occupational
