Does Barbie cause girls to have negative feelings about their bodies?

Does Barbie cause girls to have negative feelings about their bodies?

Emma Marris | 
Barbie body image: A clinical health psychologist talks about Barbie’s influence on how women and girls view their body ...
‘It was like a psychedelic trip’: Neurosurgeon describes coma and near-death-experience

‘It was like a psychedelic trip’: Neurosurgeon describes coma and near-death-experience

Ross Pomeroy | 
Both DMT and a near-death experience evoked feelings of transcending time and space and glimpsing the multiverse, while at the ...
The Hidden Spring: Controversial new book addresses where consciousness originates

The Hidden Spring: Controversial new book addresses where consciousness originates

Sean Welsh | 
Viewpoint: Why and how does the subjective quality of experience arise from objective neurophysiological events? ...
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‘Nothing short of a miracle’: Surgeons reattach boy’s head after car accident

Peter Aitken | 
Surgeons in Israel performed a miracle surgery and managed to reattach a boy’s head after he was hit by a ...
Ignorance of our ignorance

Ignorance of our ignorance: What causes self-deception?

Lixing Sun | 
Self-deception is part of the human condition, and psychologists have long studied our ignorance of our own ignorance ...
'Personality disorder’: As many as 1 in 7 people are diagnosed with it. What does the diagnosis mean?

As many as 1 in 7 people are diagnosed with a personality disorder, but what does it really mean?

Alette Gjellesvik | 
Personality disorder: There are 10 different types, but what exactly is it and what does it mean to receive such ...
Is there a simple way to test for signs of Alzheimer’s before symptoms appear?

Is there a simple way to test for signs of Alzheimer’s before symptoms appear?

Brenda Goodman | 
Doctors’ reliance on symptom-based testing could soon change taking a backseat to biomarkers: telltale signs of the disease ...
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Debunking Dunning-Kruger: It’s widely believed that the less you know, the more you think you know. Does everyone think they’re better than average?

Eric Gaze | 
John Cleese, the British comedian, once summed up the idea of the Dunning–Kruger effect as, “If you are really, really stupid, then ...
Viewpoint: Why do some global cancer research agencies claim that using a cell phone (like drinking Diet Coke with aspartame) poses a cancer risk?

Viewpoint: Why do some global cancer research agencies claim that using a cell phone (like drinking Diet Coke with aspartame) poses a cancer risk?

Geoffrey Kabat | 
Although some people argue that cell phone usage contributes to rising brain cancer rates, analysis of the data shows no ...
Out-of-body experiences explained: Here’s how the brain ‘creates’ your sense of physical self

Out-of-body experiences explained: Here’s how the brain ‘creates’ your sense of physical self

Diana Kwon | 
New insight comes from zapping a region, known as the anterior precuneus, that causes people to feel dissociated from their ...
Can’t start your day without a cup of Joe? Coffee's energizing effects may be a placebo

Can’t start your day without a cup of joe? Coffee’s energizing effects may be a placebo

Angharad Gillham | 
Scientists testing coffee against plain caffeine found that plain caffeine only partially reproduces the effects of drinking a cup of ...
What to do when dogs have separation anxiety

What should you do when dogs have separation anxiety?

Ula Chrobak | 
As with people, some dogs may be more neurologically prone to anxiety. But canine stress is often mistaken for mischief ...
‘The hallucination of reality’: Where does consciousness reside — inside or outside the brain?

‘The hallucination of reality’: Where does consciousness reside — inside or outside the brain?

Anil Seth, Riccardo Manzotti | 
The hard problem of consciousness has puzzled philosophers and neuroscientists alike for decades: consciousness, the hallucination of reality, and whether ...
Craving food from morning til bedtime: Anecdotal stories reveal how weight-loss drug Ozempic quells ‘food noise’

Craving food from morning til bedtime: Anecdotal stories reveal how weight-loss drug Ozempic quells ‘food noise’

Dani Blum | 
Until she started taking the weight loss drug Wegovy, Staci Klemmer’s days revolved around food. When she woke up, she plotted ...
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Russia banned GMOs years ago to distinguish itself from the United States. What’s its current stance toward genetic engineering, CRISPR and other New Breeding Techniques?

Andrew Porterfield | 
Russia's decision to ban importation and cultivation of GMOs made sense from a political perspective. But it's a decision the ...
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Confidence heuristic: Why humans are biologically programmed to follow self-assured, poised people

Dean Burnett | 
Human evolution has led to us naturally believe statements delivered in a more assured manner ...
Immorality, lack of empathy, anti-social behavior: How has evolution shaped the history of psychopathological behavior

Immorality, lack of empathy, anti-social behavior: The evolution of psychopathological tendencies

Jonathan Goodman | 
By one estimate, as many as 20% of business leaders have “clinically relevant levels” of psychopathic tendencies ...
Video: Everything you need to know about the evolution of the human brain in 7 minutes

Video: Everything you need to know about the evolution of the human brain, in 7 minutes

Lisa Feldman Barrett | 
An evolutionary history of the human brain, in 7 minutes ...
Why is an infant’s earliest months such a crucial time for brain development?

Why are infants’ earliest months such a crucial time for brain development?

Emily Underwood | 
New tools are helping neuroscientists investigate why early life is such a crucial time for neural development ...
Mental decline explained: What’s the difference between Alzheimer’s disease and other types of dementia?

Mental decline explained: What’s the difference between Alzheimer’s disease and other types of dementia?

Ann Schreiber | 
The haunting reality of Alzheimer's disease and dementia is a terrifying prospect for many individuals and their families ...
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Lousy sex life? Too little intimacy could be risk factor for dementia

Brett Arends | 
What researchers don’t know is whether declining sexual satisfaction is causing the memory decline, vice versa, or whether the two ...
What effect does social media have on kid’s developing brains? US Surgeon General releases advisory cautioning

How does social media affect kids’ developing brains? US Surgeon General releases mental health advisory

Today, 95 percent of teenagers use social media, and two-thirds daily. One in 7 kids spends more than seven hours ...
Burst of creativity: Frontal lobe dementia boosts poetic and artistic talents

Burst of creativity: Frontal lobe dementia boosts poetic and artistic talents

Robert Martone | 
Frontotemporal dementia can release the creative potential of the brain’s visual areas ...
Does brain stimulation boost memory and improve focus? It depends.

Does brain stimulation boost memory or improve focus? It depends

Emily Waltz | 
Analysis of more than 100 studies of non-invasive electrical brain stimulation probes whether the controversial technology works ...
How octopuses reprogram their brains as they move back and forth from chilly and warm water

How octopuses reprogram their brains as they move back and forth between chilly and warm water

Art Daniel | 
[R]esearchers report that octopuses are able to edit genetic information to quickly resculpt those brains when confronted with changes in ...
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Attention span crisis: In a world of 10-second videos, are we losing our ability to read complicated texts?

Stine Janson Gylterud | 
Have we really become worse at reading than we were before? And is it really that important to be able ...
The myth of the reptilian human brain is tenacious – but wrong

The myth of the reptilian human brain is tenacious – but wrong

Eldrid Borgan | 
The reptilian brain is often blamed for our primitive instincts that can trigger fight, flight or freeze responses in us ...
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