Arends: MIT research suggests the key to breaking a bad habit lies in identifying both its cue — and its reward.
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Month: March 2015
What Eating Too Much Sugar Does to Your Brain – Forbes.com
Overeating, poor memory formation, learning disorders, depression – all have been linked in recent research to the over-consumption of sugar. And these linkages point to a problem that is only beginning to be better understood: what our chronic intake of added sugar is doing to our brains
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Living against the clock; Does loss of daily rhythms cause obesity?
Well: Simon Says Don’t Use Flashcards
Is play the key to academic success? A growing body of research suggests that playing certain kinds of childhood games may be the best way to increase a child’s ability to do well in school.
The Hindu : Business / Industry : Down and out on India’s shop floor
Inside the Minds of Mass Killers
Mind Games: Sometimes a White Coat Isn’t Just a White Coat – NYTimes
Published: April 2, 2012
What we wear can affect not only what people think of us, but also the way our brains work, a study involving a doctor’s coat shows.
How “No Child Left Behind” Unleashed a Nationwide Epidemic of Cheating | Education | AlterNet
Spider Phobia Cured With 2-Hour Therapy
Spider Phobia Cured With 2-Hour Therapy
Getting up close and personal with a furry tarantula is probably the very last thing someone with a spider phobia would opt for, but the encounter may be the ticket to busting the brain’s resistance to arachnids.
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