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What money does to people
In what way does money change the way people think and act? According to a new study reported in Science, adding monetary motivation and reminders made people act more self-sufficient. Interestingly, being reminded of the money...
Altered cognition and emotion in depersonalization disorder
Depersonalization Disorder (DPD) is a dissociative disorder in which sufferers are affected by persistent feelings of depersonalization. The symptoms include a sense of automation, feeling a disconnection from one’s body,...
Brain Stimulation During Non-REM Sleep Enhances Memory
Transcranial application of low-frequency electrical current during early nocturnal sleep potentiates the subject’s ability to remember words memorized the night before, German neuroendocrinologists report in this week...
Neanderthal genotyping spurs novel scientific field
The reality of a complete Neanderthal genome draws near, as two papers report the sequencing of large amounts of Neanderthal DNA. The results help answer some central questions on human evolution. This novel trend in gene resea...
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