IN the fall of 2005, psychiatrist J. Anderson Thomson Jr. was treating an 18-year-old college freshman whom he describes as "intensely depressed, feeling suicidal and doing self-cutting."
We have the fastest growing brain of any animal in history. But is our cranial growth spurt coming to an end? Will our intelligence be overtaken by supercomputers?
You've got grand plans to build an empire of happiness and success in your life, right? Do you know the fast and easy way to do that, or are you taking the long road?
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Since there are still a big number of things we fail to understand about our brain it is somewhat understandable that such theories appear. They turn into
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The List of 100 is a powerful technique you can use to generate ideas, clarify your thoughts, uncover hidden problems or get solutions to any specific questions you’re interested in.
New evidence from a poll of parents and teachers suggests that bullies may be more likely to suffer from sleep-disordered breathing, a problem already known to cause hyperactivity.
When men look at pictures of women in the buff, where are their eyes likely to go first? Nope. Higher. Men are more likely to look at a female's face before gazing at other body parts, according to a new study by researchers at Emory University. And when /
Weblog ScienCentral reports that when you can't come up with an answer that's sitting on the tip of your tongue, you're best off forgetting about it altogether. That's because,
I don't like you. Four words we hate to hear. For some reason, we all like to be liked. No revelation there. It's how we're wired. We hate it when people
The Thinking Blog is more than just a frequently-updated source of amusing facts and interesting information. It is a stream of consciousness intended to be succinct and thought provoking. A cornucopia of eclectic topics aiming to examine a range of exciting ideas, inspirational technologies and cultural curiosities. There is something for everyone; from serious to humorous, for deep and light-hearted thinkers alike.