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Notes for a Paper on Metaphor by Jacob Arlow

Thursday, June 30th, 2011



Click Here to Read:  Notes for a Paper on Metaphor by Jacob Arlow.

Click Here to Read:  Some Historical Observations on the Origin of Psychoanalytic Curriculum by Jacob Arlow on this website.

Click Here to Read: Review of Philosophy in the Flesh: The embodied mind and its challenge to Western thought By George Lakoff and Mark Johnson on this website.

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‘The Steal’ Probes the Psychology of Shoplifting

Thursday, June 30th, 2011

Click here to Read:  ’The Steal’ Probes the Psychology of Shoplifting.  DePaul professor Rachel Shteir, an expert of cultural phenomena, looks at the five-finger discount By Marcia Froelke Coburn in the July 2011 issue of Chicago Magazine.

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Restoring memory, repairing damaged brains

Thursday, June 30th, 2011


Scientists have developed a way to turn memories on and off -- literally with the flip of a switch. Using an electronic system that duplicates the neural signals associated with learning, they replicated the brain function in rats associated with long-term learned behavior, even when the rats had been drugged to forget. "Flip the switch on, and the rats remember. Flip it off, and the rats forget," said the leader of the team reporting the result.

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How we come to know our bodies as our own

Thursday, June 30th, 2011


By taking advantage of a "body swap" illusion, researchers have captured the brain regions involved in one of the most fundamental aspects of self-awareness: how we recognize our bodies as our own, distinct from others and from the outside world. That self-perception is traced to specialized multisensory neurons in various parts of the brain that integrate different sensory inputs across all body parts into a unified view of the body.

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Fear boosts activation of young, immature brain cells

Wednesday, June 29th, 2011


Scientists have long known that fear and highly emotional experiences lead to incredibly strong memories. A new study by UC Berkeley's Daniela Kaufer and colleagues describes one way by which emotions can affect memory: The brain's emotional center, the amygdala, induces the hippocampus, a relay hub for memory, to generate new neurons. In a fearful situation, these newborn neurons are activated by the amygdala, providing a "blank slate" to strongly imprint the new fearful memory.

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Brain scan identifies patterns of plaques and tangles in adults with Down syndrome

Wednesday, June 29th, 2011


In one of the first studies of its kind, UCLA researchers used a unique brain scan to assess the levels of plaques and tangles -- the hallmarks of Alzheimer's disease -- in adults with Down syndrome. The finding may offer an additional clinical tool to help diagnose dementia in adults with Down syndrome. Adults with this disorder develop Alzheimer's-like plaque and tangle deposits early, often before the age of 40.

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In motor learning, it’s actions, not intentions, that count

Wednesday, June 29th, 2011


A study led by Maurice Smith and colleagues at the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences suggests that simple task repetition may not be the most efficient way for the brain to learn a new move.

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What To Do Now if You Oppose Same-Sex Marriage

Wednesday, June 29th, 2011


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/Click Here to Read: What To Do Now if You Oppose Same-Sex Marriage by Todd Essig on the Forbes Magazine website on June 27, 2011.

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Daniel J. Carlat: The Trouble with Psychiatry

Wednesday, June 29th, 2011






Click Here toView:  Daniel J. Carlat: The Trouble with Psychiatry Video  on the Forum Network News website on June 2, 2010.

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Texas Rule Will Prescribe Fewer Potent Drugs to Kids

Wednesday, June 29th, 2011


Click Here to Read:   Texas Rule Will Prescribe Fewer Potent Drugs to Kids Ramshaw in the Texas Tribune on June 22, 2011.

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Click Here to Read: Some Medicaid Doctors Rely Heavily On Potent Drugs by Emily Ramshaw in the Texas Tribune on July 2, 2010.

Click Here to View:  President’s Lecture Series 2009: Dr. Marcia Angell on the Video Surf Website. Dr. Marcia Angell senior lecturer of Harvard Medical Schools Department of Social Medicine and former editor-in-chief of the New England Journal of Medicine, answers that question and more in this installment of the Presidents Lecture Series at The University of Montana. . 

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