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How pets healed us this year – The Washington Post
In Your Own Words Each week, we highlight a comment from our readers. This week, my favorite comment was on a story I wrote about how pets healed us this year. “ My beautiful mom and greyhound died last year 3 weeks apart in the fall, both tragically and unexpectedly. This past July, I adopted…
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Scientists Discover Neural Basis of Schizophrenia and Bipolar Disorder -SciTechDaily.com
Health Scientists Discover Neural Basis of Schizophrenia and Bipolar Disorder By Roberto Molar Candanosa, Johns Hopkins University, December 20, 2025, 8 Comments,5 Mins Read Facebook Twitter Pinterest Telegram, Share Using lab-grown brain tissue, researchers uncovered complex patterns of neural signaling that differ subtly between healthy brains and those linked to severe psychiatric disorders. For the…
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The real purpose of Trump’s lies – The Washington Post
Trump’s style of lying has the power to shape group identities in an increasingly polarized world.
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What Is Donald Trump Doing? Three Theories for the Madness – Literary Hub
Aron Solomon on the Chaos and the Cruelty of the Worst President in American History
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The Case of Donald Trump: Ponderings of a Cognitive Psychologist — MI Oasis
January 6, 2025 The Case of Donald Trump: Ponderings of a Cognitive Psychologist Howard Gardner © 2024 From my earliest years, I’ve been interested in the human mind—well before I’d even heard the word “psychology,” let alone the field of cognitive psychology. Once I’d learned about this area of study, I devoted several decades to…
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Returning, Again, to Robert M. Pirsig | The New Yorker
All roads lead to “Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance.” By Jay Caspian Kang, October 25, 2022 Every writer I know has memories they return to in their work over and over again. There is rarely much logic to the choices, nor do such memories tend to align with the sorts of significant events…
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How libraries became refuges for people with mental illness.
By Anthony Aycock, Sept 22, 20225:50 AM Welcome to State of Mind, a new section from Slate and Arizona State University dedicated to exploring mental health. Follow us on Twitter. The Argentine writer Jorge Luis Borges is often credited with saying that “Paradise is a library.” He must not have meant a downtown public library,…
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Why Social Media Makes People Unhappy–And Simple Ways To Fix It | Scientific American
Research suggests platform designs make us lose track of time spent on them and can heighten conflicts, and then we feel upset with ourselves By Daisy Yuhas, June 20, 2022 Disrupted sleep, lower life satisfaction and poor self-esteem are just a few of the negative mental health consequences that research has linked to social media.…
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Scientists Discover How to Peer Into the ‘Mind’s Eye’ – CNET
If you find it hard to mentally visualize objects, you’re not alone. You might have aphantasia. By Monisha Ravisetti, April 26, 2022 12:12 p.m. PT Picture a red apple. Great. Now, which of the following describes you? Group 1: You’re visualizing a vibrant, ruby-colored fruit like it’s living in your mind. Group 2: You’re pondering…
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How grief and loss affect your brain, and why it takes time to adapt : Shots – Health News : NPR
By Berly McCoy, December 20, 20212:55 PM ET Holidays are never quite the same after someone we love dies. Even small aspects of a birthday or a Christmas celebration — an empty seat at the dinner table, one less gift to buy or make — can serve as jarring reminders of how our lives have…
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Parents of the social media generation are not OK – CNN
By Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN BusinessVideo by John General, Janelle Gonzalez & Sofia Barrett, CNN Business Updated 7:16 AM ET, Wed December 8, 2021 (CNN Business) Last September, just a few weeks into the school year, Sabine Polak got a call from the guidance counselor. Her 14-year-old daughter was struggling with depression and had contemplated…
