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Stress improves perception, but at a cost
We all have a sense that stress affects the way we see and evaluate our surroundings—but does it help or hurt us? In the literature on how stress affects perception, there are some conflicting...
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Weapon of Choice
If you see psychology research in the press these days, chances are it comes complete with a pretty fMRI picture, the ones with the brain covered in lights showing which parts are working more. It’s...
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Psychology’s Frenemies
It’s a lot like watching a reality television show, only without Simon Cowell providing amusing commentary. But the essential ingredients are all there: shifting alliances, suspicions, competition for...
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Don’t take the long road home
Do you take the fastest way home? Are you sure? Really? Gotthard Alte Passstrasse, Wikimedia Commons I think I take the fastest route to work. I avoid traffic and stoplights, take long straight...
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4 Things to Keep in Mind When You’re Reading About fMRI
In an attempt to increase the “sexy” factor of brain imaging studies (what–you don’t think deoxygenated hemoglobin sounds sexy?), some press articles omit important details or subtleties that can...
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Have Something Important to Remember? Sleep On It
Students often hear that they should get a good night’s sleep before a test. Even if you load up on coffee and Red Bull to study all night you’ll be wired and stressed, and that certainly isn’t going...
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Love, Hate… What’s the Difference?
In honor of Valentine’s Day, I’d like to take a quick look at one of the most fundamental human emotions — hate. Wait, that doesn’t seem right. Hate? On Valentine’s Day? Isn’t V-Day supposed to be...
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Exercise Your Body, Exercise Your Brain
It’s all downhill after 20. Not only do workouts leave you feeling more sore than they used to, but memory, creative thinking, and mental speed all start to decrease around the time most people finish...
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You may have seen commercials for Limitless, a movie opening this weekend. The trailers show a disheveled Bradley Cooper taking a pill that will allow him to use 100% of his brain instead of the 20%...
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