Psychology

Magazine articles on psychology.

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Wired October 22, 2007 Daniel H. Pink	This Is Your Brain on Manga Psychological research on the brain when reading Japanese manga comics.
Fast Company November 1, 2007 Rob Walker	Going for the Gut Our heroes may crunch the numbers, but we like them to play their hunches. In the recent book Gut Feelings: The Intelligence of the Unconscious, psychologist Gerd Gigerenzer makes the case for intuition.
The Motley Fool October 18, 2007 Bill Mann	Is Your Brain Costing You Money? Here, the author talks neuroeconomics with renowned financial journalist Jason Zweig author of the new book, Your Money and Your Brain.
Reactive Reports October 2007 David Bradley	How Cannabis Works What is it about the psychoactive component in marijuana, THC, or tetrahydrocannabinol, that exerts its special effects? New clues about the cannabinoid receptor type 1 have now emerged thanks to German researchers.
Scientific American November 2007 Michael Shermer	Weirdonomics and Quirkology How the curious science of the oddities of everyday life yields new insights.
Chemistry World October 8, 2007 John Bonner	Brain Mood Hormone Linked to Milk Production Milk production in mammalian breast tissue is regulated by serotonin - the same hormone that acts in the brain to control a person's mood, according to researchers.
Chemistry World October 4, 2007 John Bonner	How Traumatic Events Leave a Mark on the Brain Researchers in the US have a discovered a potential mechanism to explain why people retain stronger memories of events that occur in emotionally charged situations.
IEEE Spectrum October 2007 Morgen E. Peck	Researchers Testing New Electric Treatment for Migraines A small DC current through the skull seems to interrupt the headaches and may even prevent them
Chemistry World October 2, 2007 Jonathan Edwards	Light Shed on Parkinson's Culprit European scientists have developed a new technique to detect attogram quantities of iron in living cells -- providing further evidence of the role the metal plays in Parkinson's disease.
Chemistry World October 1, 2007 Victoria Gill	Anorexia Shares Addictive Pathway with Ecstasy Researchers in France have discovered that anorexia and MDMA share a common signaling pathway in the brain - both reducing the drive to eat by stimulating the same subset of receptors for the neurotransmitter serotonin.
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