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1 hr ago | PsychCentral

How Dr. Joyce Brothers Helped Shape Me as a Therapist

I've been feeling nostalgic since the recent death of Dr. Joyce Brothers the other week.

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5 hrs ago | CiteULike

Advanced Applications of Structural Equation Modeling in Counseling Psychology Research

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5 hrs ago | CiteULike

Arbitrary Metrics in Psychology

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5 hrs ago | KISU-TV Pocatello

Discovering Psychology - Updated Edition

Cognitive neuroscience represents the attempt to understand mental processes at the level of the brain's functioning and not merely from information-processing models and theories.

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Related Topix: Science

6 hrs ago | Psychology Today

Return of the Talking Cure

It's nearly impossible to understand chronic psychosomatic pain without having experienced it.

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Related Topix: Chronic Pain, Medicine, Science

10 hrs ago | WTMA-AM North Charleston

Mentally Disabled Couple's Legal Battle Ends with New Home

A newly married, mentally disabled couple's dream of living together -- up until now beset by legal troubles and care facilities that refused their wishes -- is about to come true.

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Related Topix: Healthcare Law, Science

11 hrs ago | TIME.com

The Consumer Psychology Behind Warby Parker's $95 Pricing for Eyeglasses

This post is in partnership with Knowledge@Wharton, the online research and business analysis journal of the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

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Related Topix: Science, University of Pennsylvania, Marketing

11 hrs ago | Government Executive

Yes, Power Corrupts, But Power Also Reveals

Frank Lloyd Wright is often touted as the greatest architect in American history, but he is also remembered as a man corrupted by power.

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Related Topix: Science

14 hrs ago | Iol.co.za

Custody bid mom must be assessed

A mother seeking custody of her three young children in a divorce battle has been ordered to present herself for a psychological assessment because, a Durban High Court judge has ruled, the best interests of the children trump her constitutional right to privacy.

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Related Topix: South Africa, World News, Science

16 hrs ago | WANE-TV Fort Wayne

A Native American tale witha

It took an international production starring a Puerto Rican and a Frenchman to bring the Native American tale "Jimmy P.: Psychotherapy of a Plains Indian" to the big screen.

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Related Topix: A Christmas Tale, Movies, Entertainment, Science, Topeka, KS, A Dangerous Method

Wed May 22, 2013

Yahoo!

Teacher suspended for Freudian slip with banana

A Florida teacher was suspended for three days without pay for touching a female student with a banana during a lesson on Freudian psychology.

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Related Topix: Florida, Science, Education Etc., Offbeat

News@Concordia

New advances in cognitive behavioural therapy

Dozens of leading psychology researchers are about to descend upon Concordia University for the annual Canadian Association of Cognitive and Behavioural Therapies conference .

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Related Topix: Science, Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, Medicine, Health

Scientific Blogging

Is Hosting The Olympics Good For Local Charities? The Psychology Of Philanthropy

It is often believed that mega-events like the Olympics are good for a city or country.

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Related Topix: Life, Charity , Science

Canada.com

Bruyere at forefront of Canada's largest study on aging

In the name of healthy aging, Terry Larose submitted to a head-to-toe physical, rhymed off words that start with S, and answered questions such as whether he had someone to hug him.

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Science Daily

Brain can be trained in compassion, study shows

A new study by researchers at the Center for Investigating Healthy Minds at the Waisman Center of the University of Wisconsin-Madison shows that adults can be trained to be more compassionate.

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Related Topix: University of Wisconsin Madison, Science

Quebec Chronicle-Telegraph

What The New York Times Missed When It Tried to Explain Conspiracy Theories

Maggie Koerth-Baker has an article in The New York Times that surveys some recent research on the psychology of conspiracy believers.

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Related Topix: Life, Hobbies, Conspiracy Theory, Science, Fairleigh Dickinson University

MarketWatch

10 things: 10 things the sleep-aid industry won't tell you

With more than 40 million people-roughly a third of working Americans-not getting enough shut-eye, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, it's no wonder that industries ranging from furniture makers to pharmaceutical companies are making big money by offering to help people get the recommended seven to nine hours a night.

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Related Topix: Sleep, Medicine, Health, Science, Golden Gate University, Insomnia, Melatonin, Supplement

EurekAlert!

UC Riverside announces science research grants related to immortality

The Immortality Project awards $2.3 million to study near-death experiences, beliefs in an afterlife and the ageless hydra RIVERSIDE, Calif.

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Related Topix: Riverside (Riverside, CA), UC Riverside, Science, Grand Valley State University

Scientific American

Psychologists Find New Ways to Steel Minority Students against Fear of Failure

Stereotype threat, the fear of failing in a way that reinforces derogatory stereotypes of one's social group, undermines performance in school, sports and the workplace.

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Related Topix: Science

The Daily Beast

Cover StoryThe Suicide EpidemicWhy are we killing ourselves? How can we stop it?

WHEN THOMAS Joiner was 25 years old, his father-whose name was also Thomas Joiner and who could do anything-disappeared from the family's home.

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