Rocking out on the guitar is by far one my most cherished past times. At the angst ridden age of 15 I picked up a cheap Ibanez strat and learned my very first Nirvana song, "Teen Spirit". Little did I know a good night's rest would play such a crucial component in my learning those simple power chords. Even less did I know my desire to become the next grunge icon would determine the rate at which
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Posted by admin 69 days ago (http://thequantumlobechronicles.blogspot.com)Internet Use Has No Negative Influence on Well-being
Posted by admin 67 days ago (http://www.shockmd.com)
A recent meta-analysis examined the relationship between various Internet uses and well being. The studies published until know is mostly about the discussion whether using Internet for communication with e-mail replaces other forms of communication such as using the phone, chat or face to face contact. Contact through e-mail, facebook, twitter and such replaces real [...]Related posts:Internet C
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Desire influences visual perception
Posted by admin 64 days ago (http://feedproxy.google.com)
WE tend to assume that we see our surroundings as they really are, and that our perception of reality is accurate. In fact, what we perceive is merely a neural representation of the world, the brain's best guess of its environment, based on a very limited amount of available information. This is perhaps best demonstrated by visual illusions, in which there is a mismatch between our perception of
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People with pain are not all alike: MPI classifications & outcome
Posted by admin 63 days ago (http://healthskills.wordpress.com)
As an individual with chronic pain, I know that each person with chronic pain is different from the next, and as a clinician I know that there are few ways to predict who will benefit from what treatment – but it’s like a Holy Grail to find a way to group together people who will [...]... Martin L Verra, Felix Angst, Roberto Brioschi, Susanne Lehmann, Francis J Keefe, J B
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Depression, demoralisation and CBT for everyone
Posted by admin 56 days ago (http://healthskills.wordpress.com)
I was roving through my Twitter feed this morning,when I got word (via Gail Eva) of a paper debating the introduction of an enormous amount of money to provide CBT to people in England with anxiety and depression. The paper is in the British Journal of Psychiatry here and it’s available in its entirety.While [...]... Summerfield, D., & Veale, D. (2008) Proposals for massive expansi
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Mirror Neurons: Resonant Circuitry in Brain?
Posted by admin 55 days ago (http://physiology-physics.blogspot.com)
Back in the time of the “black and white” motion picture days, when “talkies” weren’t even born, we still could make out the essence of what Charlie Chaplin had to “say”. We understood his unspoken words, courtesy a system of neuronal networking, called the mirror neuron system. Another example: you observe a man kissing ‘his’ girlfriend, ‘your’ neuronal network that would otherwise activate when
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Why Do We Think We Like Hourglass Figures?
Posted by admin 55 days ago (http://psychologyofbeauty.wordpress.com)
BMI – the ratio of body mass to height, typically correlates well with ratings of body attractiveness. WHR – a direct comparison of waist and hip measurements – also correlates with attractiveness. Recent research that compares the relative strengths of the two ratios generally finds that variation in BMI accounts for a greater proportion of [...]... Law Smith, M., Perre
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Attractiveness, anger, and warrior princess blondes
Posted by admin 54 days ago (http://feedproxy.google.com)
Suffice it to say that (X + Y+ Z) * (A*B)= ThisWhere X = SciY = ColdZ = Migrainand A = cold medicationB = Migraine medicationThis = Annnnnnd WHEEEEEEE!!!!!!And you know, that's good. That's good because Sci had to go and see THIS first thing in the morning. Ouchie. First off, Sci has to correct some major misconceptions here on behalf of teh blonde ladiez everywhere (though others have come be
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