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Study: Early Autism Intervention Can Alter Brain Development, Improve Social Behavior
An intensive program was shown to cause lasting changes in the way young children with autism react to social cues.
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'Gender Identity Disorder' to Go the Way of Homosexuality
In Native Hawaiian culture, māhu represents a third gender -- someone who embodies both male and female qualities.
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Blue Aura: Psychics Call It for Obama
Political analysts have widely failed to consider that we already know how this plays out.
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Study: Even 'Moderate' Drinking Impairs Brain Cell Formation
Blood alcohol levels of .08 are enough to affect the brain's plasticity.
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Bettmann / Getty The Sex Lives of Conjoined Twins
Why does the topic “defy imagination”?
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Study: People Who Exercise Have Larger Brains Later in Life
Physical activity correlated with less brain shrinkage in old age. Mental activity did not.
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Silencing the Dead: The Decline of Spiritualism
Mediation between the living and the deceased was bombarded by scientists and Harry Houdini.
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On Beauty and Aging: The Enduring Allure of Retired Playboy Models
"Proud and empowered by their sexuality, [while] at the same time stricken by the fleeting nature of it"
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I, You, and 'the Embrace': Tango as Relationship Therapy
To Buenos Aires, where we switch between leader and follower, and we don't know where we're going or what we'll bump into, but we keep moving.
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There Is Detectable Cocaine in Urban Italian Air
Can seasonal variations in ambient psychotropic drugs tell us how [sad] we are?
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'Sex Addiction' Redefined
A new psychiatric diagnosis for those suffering (yes, suffering) from hypersexuality
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Fish Oil and a Lesson in Happiness From Iceland
As the days grow shorter, considering the role of omega-3s in keeping sunny
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Study: Writers Are Twice as Likely to Commit Suicide
Substantiating the popular notion linking creativity and mental illness
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Study: In Debates, Words Do Have More Impact Than Body Language
Despite discussion playing up demeanor, we look past it.
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PMS and the Wandering Womb
Research questions the prudence of attributing negative moods to the menstrual cycle.
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Creative Breakthroughs That Came During Sleep
We know sleep helps us solve problems and live longer. Sometimes it even heralds a stroke of genius.
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Time Out: The Rise of Sensory Deprivation Tanks
As it gets harder to live in the moment, without distraction, some swear by a forced shutdown.
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I Got Screened for Depression
Checking out the "celebration" that is National Depression Screening Day
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I Share My Body With 20 Personalities
It was -- difficult -- to accept.
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National Depression Screening Day
Get evaluated today (October 11). It's free, anonymous, and takes less than ten minutes.
