Psychology
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Mental disorder seen as ‘badness, not sickness’
Health workers tend to consider borderline personality disorder a tag for patients who are difficult or impossible to treat.
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Ratio for a good life exposed as ‘nonsense’
A heralded calculation of people’s ability to flourish is a mathematical mirage, researchers say.
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Less is more for smart perception
Neural efficiency reigns in brains of high-IQ individuals as they view their surroundings, a new study indicates.
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Dog sniffs out grammar
After years of word training, a canine intuitively figures out how simple sentences work.
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Closed Thinking
Without scientific competition and open debate, much psychology research goes nowhere.
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Brain training technique gets a critique
In a new study, a popular style of memory workout leaves reasoning and mental agility flat.
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Disputed signs of consciousness seen in babies’ brains
Within five months of birth, infants produce a possible neural marker of being aware of what they see.
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Light found in cocaine addiction tunnel
Using lasers, scientists target a sluggish set of neurons in rats to ease drug compulsion.
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Babies’ flexible squeals may enable them to talk later
Language evolution might have fed off infants’ ability to use certain sounds to express various emotions.
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Competition brings out autism’s social side
Given motivation, kids with autism can appreciate what other people think and believe.
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Early malnutrition bodes ill for adult personality
Undernourishment in first year of life may destabilize personality decades later.
