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Psychology Today: “Practice, Pause, Repeat, Empower”

The Path to Learning: Practice, Pause, Repeat, Empower Repetition and distributed practice fortify neural pathways and knowledge. Updated September 30, 2025 |  Reviewed by Kaja Perina THE BASICS Key points Source: Hey Juda/Pixabay Research indicates that repetition and distributed practice effectively fires and … Continue reading

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Neuroscience News: Left or Right? Have you a problem with numbers?

Left or Right? Brain’s Split Determines How We Map Numbers FeaturedNeuroscience ·September 9, 2025 Summary: A study in newborn chicks shows that brain lateralisation is essential for the development of a left-to-right mental number line. Chicks with strongly lateralised brains consistently … Continue reading

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Who the Empath Becomes After Absorbing the Narcissist’s Darkness and Surviving – Carl Jung

Aug 31, 2025 #CarlJung#Shadow#DepthPsychology Who the Empath Becomes After Absorbing the Narcissist’s Darkness and Surviving – Carl Jung Discover the profound transformation that occurs when empaths survive narcissistic abuse and emerge as something entirely different. This deep exploration reveals how … Continue reading

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MIT Reader: Across Cultures, One Key to Happiness Stands Out

Across Cultures, One Key to Happiness Stands Out Decades of global surveys point to a single, consistent foundation of well-being: our relationships. By: Tim Lomas       One of the most comprehensive assessments of factors affecting well-being is the World Values … Continue reading

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Neuroscience News: Big Five No More? New Study Uncovers Hidden Personality Traits

TGA could lead to a more precise understanding of personality and classifications in psychopathology. Credit: Neuroscience News Big Five No More? New Study Uncovers Hidden Personality Traits FeaturedNeurosciencePsychology ·August 26, 2025 Summary: For 40 years, the Big Five personality model has … Continue reading

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EL Pais: Technology and psychiatric diagnosis

Health  Beyond subjectivity: How technology aims to improve psychiatric diagnoses Different tools are detecting biomarkers associated with pathologies such as depression and schizophrenia, opening more avenues to identify the conditions beyond the traditional patient account and doctor’s assessment Rodrigo Santodomingo … Continue reading

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What Drives Women to Kill? Emotion & Threat, Not Psychopathy

The current study suggests that neither psychopathy nor instrumental aggression are strong drivers for women who kill, which is consistent with previous research. Credit: Neuroscience News What Drives Women to Kill? Emotion & Threat, Not Psychopathy FeaturedNeurosciencePsychology ·July 23, 2025 … Continue reading

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Grok3 AI: Do you know someone who has had a stroke, a traumatic brain injury, may have other neurological conditions. You never seem to have the answers to all your questions but I highly recommend Grok3 AI to give the person some confidence and reassurance. Below are questions I may have asked and not remember the answers or then there may be other reasons

Sustained contre coup tramatic brain injury 30+ years ago. Memory deficits/amnesia. Not able learn by rote. Alternatives cause confusion and I tend to doubt what people tell me. Have you anything to say about this? A coup-contrecoup traumatic brain injury … Continue reading

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Neuroscience News: AI … how we really make decisions. Comment: Could this explain why people with TBI or mental illness find it so difficult to exercise choice?

Tiny AI Models Reveal How We Really Make Decisions FeaturedNeuroscience ·July 18, 2025 Summary: Decision-making often involves trial and error, but conventional models assume we always act optimally based on past experience. A new study used small, interpretable artificial neural networks … Continue reading

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Neuroscience News: Brain Injury Could Explain Sudden Criminal Behavior. Quote: “This tract connects areas involved in emotion and decision-making, and when disrupted, may impair impulse control and moral reasoning.”

Brain Injury Could Explain Sudden Criminal Behavior FeaturedNeurosciencePsychology ·June 27, 2025 Summary: A new study has found that damage to a specific white matter pathway in the brain—the right uncinate fasciculus—may increase the likelihood of criminal or violent behavior following brain … Continue reading

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