This post is part of a Nature Blog Focus on hallucinogenic drugs in medicine and mental health, inspired by a recent Nature Reviews Neuroscience paper ‘The neurobiology of psychedelic drugs: implications for the treatment of mood disorders’ by Franz Vollenweider and Michael Kometer. This article will be available, open-access, until September 23. For more information [...]
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Posted by admin 3 days ago (http://mindhacks.com)Neuroscience of Murder and Aggression: Pharmacotherapy
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Davis Love--2010 PGA ChampionshipThis is the final post in the series titled: Neuroscience of Murder and Aggression. The other four posts can be found in the links below:Overview and TED video of Dr. FallonEpidemiologyGeneticsBrain ImagingThe treatment of antisocial personality disorder, aggressive behavior and violence receives a limited amount of research attention. Despite the public hea
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Baby Boomers Are 40 To 50 Percent More Likely To 'Disaffiliate' From Their Faith
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Generation X, the set of Americans who came of age in the late 1980s and early 1990s, is often branded as a rules-rejecting, authority-questioning group. But when it comes to religion, new research has revealed that Gen-Xers are surprisingly loyal to their faith - a finding that also suggests the rising non-religious tide in the United States may be leveling off...
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Survey says: Genetics affect whether we're willing to take surveys
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Genetics play a key factor in whether someone is willing to take a survey, according to a new survey.
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Narcissistic College Students Spend More Time on Facebook
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It probably comes as little surprise to anyone, but a small exploratory study done on 100 college students from a single university suggests that students who score higher on a test of narcissism also spent more time checking and updating their Facebook profile.Facebook is currently the world’s largest social network, with over 500 million users. More than 50% of Facebook’s active use
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Doctors' Religious Beliefs Affect How They Provide End-Of-Life Care, Study Finds
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CNN: "A doctor's own religious practice can become quite relevant to patient care, especially when end-of-life issues come into play. A new study finds that doctors who are not religious are more likely to take steps to help end a very sick patient's life, and to discuss these kinds of decisions, than doctors who are very religious...
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Here it is, finally: the post you’ve been waiting for. Having already convinced you that you should care about the possibility of consciousness in cephalopods in Part 1 and having briefly outlined the state of research on consciousness in non-human animals in Part 2, I’ll get right down to it and discuss the possibility of [...]... MATHER, J. (2008) Cephalopod consciousness: B
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Americans are united when it comes to many core values, according to a University of Michigan survey. But the nation is deeply divided about certain issues, including gay marriage, immigration, and universal healthcare...
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