Sex and money: common or different currencies?

How are values computed in the brain? Rewards can be as many things: the expectation when having just ordered your favourite dish; the child’s joy at Christmas Eve; the enjoyment of good music or the wonderful taste of strawberries. But how does the brain process these many different kinds of rewards? Does it treat all types of [...]

Source: http://brainethics.wordpress.com/2010/12/03/sex-and-money-common-or-different-currencies/

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Quick links for 19 Sept to 26 Sept 2010

New issues: J. Contemporary Criminal Justice 26(2) focuses on General Strain Theory http://ccj.sagepub.com/content/vol26/issue2/ Deviant Behavior 31(8) crime & solidarity, female prisoners, criminalisation of midwives http://is.gd/ftsGh Victims & Offenders: Volume 5 Issue 4 http://is.gd/ftsvr Policing and Society: An International Journal of Research and Policy 20(3) http://is.gd/ftsjo New articles: “When children commit atrocities in war”, Global Change, Peace & Security 22(3) http://is.gd/ftsro People with [...]

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Depression, Isolation, Counting Calories, Pressure To Be Skinny & Ways To Cope

I know I am very young, but I feel so hopeless, out of control, and desperate that this was my last resort. I have come to realize that I have depression. One of my family members suffers with Bipolar disorder and depression and is currently on medications to keep them under control. I hate myself. [...]

Source: http://psychcentral.com/ask-the-therapist/2011/08/09/depression-isolation-counting-calories-pressure-to-be-skinny-ways-to-cope/

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Twitter Updates for 2010-08-06

New issue of NIJ Journal Highlights 15th Anniversary of Violence Against Women Act (US) http://is.gd/e5vU7 # New issue: Psychology, Public Policy & Law 16(3) Aug 2010. Miranda rights, prison rape, psychopathy, research agenda http://is.gd/e5wOv # New research: Political violence & child adjustment in Northern Ireland, in Dev Psy 46(4): 827-841 http://is.gd/e5z2d # New research: Subtypes of partner violence [...]

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Depressed, Anxious, and Socially Awkward

I don’t remember a time in my life where I’ve been totally happy but for the past approximately 2 years i have been extremely depressed as a result of my social anxiety and loneliness. I have always found social situations ‘awkward’, in fact the last time I remember frequently leaving my house for social reasons [...]

Source: http://psychcentral.com/ask-the-therapist/2011/08/08/depressed-anxious-and-socially-awkward/

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WE ARE MOVING!!! please go to http://brainethics.org

Yes, it is time to restart, reboot, rehash and get onwards. After some time doing science and teaching, we are most motivated (read: not only using incentive salience) to continue with the BrainEthics blog. So, why not scale it up a bit, too? Why not make more fun? Why not add more (kinds of) content? [...]

Source: http://brainethics.wordpress.com/2010/12/08/we-are-moving-please-go-to-httpbrainethics-org/

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A Band-Aid for a Marriage in Crisis

Imagine a heavy-duty truck riding off the road, slipping down a hill and getting stuck in thick, sticky mud. Trying to get out, it desperately spins its wheels, mud flying everywhere with no resolve. After a long time, there is finally a hopeful sight of another car. The truck begins honking like mad, desperately wanting [...]

Source: http://psychcentral.com/lib/2011/a-band-aid-for-a-marriage-in-crisis/

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