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Loneliness spreads in social networks

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 08:09:06 GMT

Have you ever felt cut off from other people, even if there are plenty around you? Maybe you felt all alone in the world, but you were making other people feel lonely without even realizing it.

Brain of world's best-known amnesiac mapped

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 00:21:49 GMT

Henry Molaison, known as H.M. in scientific literature, was perhaps the most famous patient in all of brain science in the 20th century.

Trapped 'coma' man: How was he misdiagnosed?

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 16:16:04 GMT

A Belgian car crash victim who was misdiagnosed as being in a vegetative state for 23 years was conscious the whole time, it has emerged.

Sex, then amnesia...and it's no soap opera

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 13:38:10 GMT

It was either mind-blowing or completely forgettable. Either way, Alice doesn't remember.

Do digital diaries mess up your brain?

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 22:13:17 GMT

The meal you ate the first day you started working. The first exam you aced in high school. The shoes you wore to the prom.

How the 'fame motive' makes you want to be a star

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 15:33:36 GMT

As a large silver balloon floated its way over Colorado, millions of Americans spent hours glued to their televisions wondering if 6-year-old Falcon Heene, assumed to be inside the contraption, was alive.

Doctor says near-death experiences are in the mind

Mon, 19 Oct 2009 21:22:18 GMT

For Laura Geraghty, April 1, 2009, started out just as any other day. It was sunny but cool, she remembers.

Born with half a brain, woman living full life

Tue, 13 Oct 2009 16:03:38 GMT

Michelle Mack has turned medical thinking upside down.

Helpful ways to boost your memory

Wed, 09 Sep 2009 14:35:35 GMT

Can't find your keys ... again? Whether your momentary memory loss is linked to doing too many things at once or just a bad case of menopausal brain fog, you don't have to put up with it.

Therapy online: Good as face to face?

Wed, 02 Sep 2009 13:47:57 GMT

Your therapist's name is ELIZA, and she interacts with you through text on a computer screen. However embarrassing or difficult your problem may be, ELIZA will not hesitate to ask you a question about it, or respond graciously, "That is very interesting. Why do you say that?"