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BBC News - Depression: 'Second biggest cause of disability' in world - 0 views

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    Depression is the second most common cause of disability worldwide after back pain, according to a review of research.
John Crane

Kevin Breel: Confessions of a depressed comic | Talk Video | TED.com - 0 views

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    Kevin Breel didn't look like a depressed kid: team captain, at every party, funny and confident. But he tells the story of the night he realized that - to save his own life - he needed to say four simple words.
John Crane

How Many Friends Can Your Brain Handle? - Scientific American - 0 views

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    Certain brain areas are enlarged and white-matter tracts were better connected in people with larger social networks
John Crane

What is truth?: A la recherche du temps inconnu | The Economist - 0 views

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    Artificially created memories can be just as strong as real ones
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BBC News - 'Memories' pass between generations - 0 views

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    Behaviour can be affected by events in previous generations which have been passed on through a form of genetic memory, animal studies suggest.
John Crane

Unraveling the Mystery of How Antidepression Drugs Work - Scientific American - 0 views

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    New insights into how selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors work suggest they reverse inhibited nerve regeneration and connectivity that may underlie depression
John Crane

Male and female brains wired differently, scans reveal | Science | The Guardian - 0 views

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    Maps of neural circuitry show women's brains are suited to social skills and memory, men's perception and co-ordination
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Why it's time for brain science to ditch the 'Venus and Mars' cliche | Science | The Ob... - 0 views

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    Reports trumpeting basic differences between male and female brains are biological determinism at its most trivial, says the science writer of the year
John Crane

BBC News - Christmas: A social anxiety minefield - 0 views

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    As Christmas approaches, many people will be experiencing a mixture of excitement and trepidation. But for many sufferers of social anxiety, this can be the most traumatic time of the year, writes Olly Ricketts.
John Crane

Brain Scan Study Suggests 'Pothead' Stereotype Might Be Real - WebMD - 0 views

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    Teens who smoked or had smoked in the past had shrunken structures in areas linked to memory
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The secret lives (and deaths) of neurons -- ScienceDaily - 0 views

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    Researchers have uncovered surprising insights about how nerve cells rewire themselves, shedding light on a process linked with neurodegenerative diseases and neurodevelopmental disorders like schizophrenia and autism.
John Crane

Why do identical twins end up having such different lives? | Science | The Observer - 0 views

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    Their genes are exactly the same, so why don't identical siblings' lives follow more similar patterns? The scientist behind a pioneering 21-year study believes he has the answer
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Ben Goldacre: What doctors don't know about the drugs they prescribe | Talk Video | TED... - 0 views

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    When a new drug gets tested, the results of the trials should be published for the rest of the medical world - except much of the time, negative or inconclusive findings go unreported, leaving doctors and researchers in the dark. In this impassioned talk, Ben Goldacre explains why these unreported instances of negative data are especially misleading and dangerous.
John Crane

The stigma around depression is alive and well - The Week - 0 views

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    An anti-ObamaCare column recommends "stoicism, hard work, marriage, prayer, and personal initiative" for those suffering from the disorder
John Crane

Science doesn't know everything - Salon.com - 0 views

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    We understand much about human nature, but scientists are ignoring many important topics, like ethnicity and class
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