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Neurontic covers breakthroughs in neuroscience and psychology and is designed to give laypeople a window into the inner workings of the human mind. Orli Van Mourik is a freelance journalist in New York City. Her work has appeared in Psychology Today Magazine .
October 29, 2006
Category: Silly Science
This just in from the great minds at the University of Central Florida: Laws of physics, math debunk Hollywood portrayals of ghosts, vampires.Using Isaac Newton's Laws of Motion, [UCF researchers] demonstrated that ghosts would not be able to walk and...
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October 27, 2006
Category: Neuroscience
The Frontal Cortex has an interesting post about a recent study conducted by psychologists at the University of Toronto on the effects of reading fiction. (Full disclosure here: I haven't read the entire study, which was published in the October...
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October 13, 2006
Category: Psychedelic Pharmacology
Those who read "Psychedelic Pharmacology" may be interested to learn that Dr. Erika Dyck, a medical professor at the University of Alberta, is trumpeting the benefits of using LSD as a treatment for alcoholism. After surveying past research, Dyck found...
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October 10, 2006
Category: Commentary
I find myself strangely obsessed with tracking the constant shuffle of Google Ads on the site lately. I worry a bit when Neurontic is papered with advertisements for suicide prevention hotlines, bargain-basement antidepressants, and therapy directories, as is the case...
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October 2, 2006
Category: Androids
A quick note to let all interested parties know that Repliee Q1expo, the latest thing in android science, is on display at this week's WIRED NEXTFEST in Manhattan.If anyone out there has time for a fieldtrip, Neurontic would love to...
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