Genes for generosity?
Fri, 7 Dec 2007 01:49:28 -0800 (PST)
Are those inclined towards generosity genetically programmed to behave
that way? A team of researchers, including Dr. Ariel Knafo of the
Psychology Department at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, believes
that this could very well be the case.
Through an online task involving making a choice whether or not to
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Natural Human hormone as the next antidepressant?
Fri, 7 Dec 2007 01:39:38 -0800 (PST)
A search for novel treatment strategies in coping with depression has
revealed that erythropoietin, or Epo, a hormone naturally produced by
the kidneys to stimulate the formation of red blood cells, affects
cognitive and associated neural responses in humans, and could
potentially be used in the treatment of depre ...
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Those who forget their history...
Fri, 07 Dec 2007 09:06:28 GMT
A website showing how many policies have been tried and failed in the
past:
<http://www.historyandpolicy.org/>
With references and everything ;-)
Peter
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Mental health treatment extends the lives of elderly people with
diabetes and depression
Thu, 6 Dec 2007 13:34:24 -0800 (PST)
Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
report that older adults with diabetes and depression are half as
likely to die over a 5-year period when they receive depression care
management than depressed patients with diabetes who do not receive
depression care management. The first known stu ...
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The brain's low road via the Amygdala
Tue, 4 Dec 2007 05:30:36 -0800 (PST)
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/product-description/055338449X/ref=dp_proddesc_\
0?ie=UTF8&n=283155&s=books
Social Intelligence by Daniel Goleman
Excerpt. (c) Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved.
Chapter One
The Emotional Economy
One day, late for a meeting in midtown Manhattan, I was looking ...
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Do your worst!
Tue, 4 Dec 2007 04:57:46 -0800 (PST)
NYT
December 4, 2007
Mind
Unhappy? Self-Critical? Maybe You're Just a Perfectionist
By BENEDICT CAREY
Just about any sports movie, airport paperback or motivational tape
delivers a few boilerplate rules for success. Believe in yourself.
Don't take no for an answer. Never quit. Don't accept second best.
Abo ...
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Poetry-5.The Prophet-Khalil Gibran,8.Ponder Awhile-Mohit.K.Misra
Tue, 4 Dec 2007 00:15:01 -0800 (PST)
Ponder Awhile- Best Book Buys-poetry-Inspirational and Religious<
catalogue of books 3395
http://www.bestwebbuys.com/books/search.jsp?No=10&N=10028952
5. The Prophet
by Kahlil Gibran
Hardcover, Random House Inc (September 1973)
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Chimps beat humans in memory test
Mon, 03 Dec 2007 18:14:38 GMT
The videos linked from here are impressive
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7124156.stm
It means that the chimps are not only out-remembering but they're
recognising the numerals and knowing to hit them in order.
- Richard
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What helps combat sleepiness?
Mon, 3 Dec 2007 03:53:10 -0800 (PST)
Napping a more effective countermeasure to sleepiness in younger
people
Coffee is an effective countermeasure to sleepiness for both young and
middle-aged people. However, napping is more efficient in young than
in middle-aged people, according to a study published in the December
1 issue of the journal SLEEP.
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8 rules of modern revolutions?
Mon, 3 Dec 2007 01:50:16 -0800 (PST)
NYT
Op-Ed Columnist
The Limits of 21st-Century Revolution
By ROGER COHEN
CARACAS, Venezuela
President Hugo Ch¨¢vez has narrowly lost his latest attempt to push
forward a revolutionary socialist agenda. His oil-rich country, still
bent on humbling the United States, is an instructive place from which
to view t ...
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