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steve_icon_medium.jpgThe Omnibrain is a psychology graduate student at an online university. He hopes that the three weeks and $29.95 that he is spending on his Ph.D. will get him a job at a Tier 1 research university. Do online universities have postdocs? Ok...just kidding, The Omnibrain is a real graduate student at a real school somewhere in the continental United States - or maybe Europe.

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The hardest DUI test ever - Multimedia Friday

Category: Drugs

From The Man With Two Brains. "God damn your drunk tests are hard!"...

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Multimedia Friday : Your Brain on Drugs - sweeeeet

Category: Video

Ahh.... an animated brain on drugs - how could it get any better?!...

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Multimedia Friday - Happiest Memory

Category: Video

Brain Candy, a film by Toronto's sketch comedy troupe Kids in the Hall, is a satirical take on drug development. A scientist creates an antidepressant (Gleemonex) that evokes the happiest memory of the consumer, recreating that joy in the present. Gleemonex becomes a big success, until it all goes horribly...

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Prozac for Pets

Category: Drugs

Fortune has announced the year's 101 Dumbest Moments in Business, including Prozac for dogs. "Thank God. We've been so worried since Lucky dyed his hair jet black and started listening to the Smiths." "Eli Lilly wins FDA approval to put Prozac into chewable, beef-flavored pills to treat separation anxiety...

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PharmAmorin

Category: Humor

The Onion shares news of a drug designed to alleviate distrust of drug manufacturers. "Out of a test group of 180, 172 study participants reported a dramatic rise in their passion for pharmaceutical companies," said Pfizer director of clinical research Suzanne Frost. "And 167 asked their doctors about a...

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Man Severs Own Penis

Category: Drugs

This will probably never be made into an anti-drug ad campaign, but I can't imagine a stronger deterrent. Angel's Trumpet is a flower that contains scopolamine and other alkaloids. It's known as a "biogenic drug" and presumed by naive recreational drug users to be harmless because it's a plant....

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Weird Viagra Art

Category: Art

The Neurocritic highlighted a recent study in which sildenafil (brand name Viagra) and related drug rolipram (they're both phosphodiesterase inhibitors) improved cognitive performance in monkeys. Both drugs were equally effective in improving the monkeys' ability to correctly reach a food treat in a transparent box with one open side, which...

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LOLMeth

Category: Humor

Inspired by a female blogger we all know and love! Enjoy ;)...

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Multimedia Friday - Heroin, Any Questions?

Category: Video

Anti-drug ad parody that's also an anti-drug ad itself. This is Your Brain on Heroin: Any Questions?....

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Efficacy of Cash in the Treatment of Anxiety

Category: Humor

An effective new treatment for anxiety and depression: large sums of cash.

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