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The Default Mode Network and Self-Referential Processes in Depression
In a recent study, Sheline and colleagues examined whether patients with major depression were impaired in their ability to regulate the activity of the default mode network, which is characterized by self-referential functions...
When Your Gain is My Pain and Your Pain is My Gain: Neural Correlates of Envy and Schadenfreude
We often make social comparisons to evaluate others and ourselves. In a recent study in Science, Takahashi and colleagues investigated the neurocognitive mechanisms of envy and schadenfreude (pleasure at another’s misfo...
Interoceptive Awareness in Experienced Meditators
Meditation can be conceptualized as a complex form of attentional and emotional training that promotes well-being and emotional balance. In most meditation traditions, a common practice is to focus one’s attention to ...
Outliers: The Story of Success
Why do some people succeed far more than others? Martin Gladwell, the author of The Tipping Point and Blink, tackles this question in his latest book Outliers. Gladwell argues that the true story of success is much more comp...
Personality and Motivations Associated with Facebook Use
Craig Ross, Emily S. Orr, Mia Sisic, Jaime M. Arseneault, Mary G. Simmering and R. Robert Orr Article in Computers in Human Behavior Abstract Facebook is quickly becoming one of the most popular tools for social communication....
Identity Construction on Facebook: Digital Empowerment in Anchored Relationships
Shanyang Zhao, Sherri Grasmuck and Jason Martin Article in Computers in Human Behavior Abstract Early research on online self-presentation mostly focused on identity constructions in anonymous online environments. Such studies...
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